Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person attends before the * Official Trustee, or a person authorised under paragraph 270(1)(b) , as required by a notice under that paragraph; and
(b) the person refuses or fails:
(i) to be sworn or to make an affirmation; or
(ii) to answer a question that the person is required to answer by the Official Trustee or a person authorised under that paragraph, as the case may be.
(iii) (Repealed by No 3 of 2021)
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.
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Hide history note275(2)
A person commits an offence if: (a) the person is required by a notice under paragraph 270(1)(c) to give evidence by video link; and (b) the person refuses or fails:
(i) to be sworn or to make an affirmation; or
(ii) to answer a question that the person is required to answer by the *Official Trustee or a person authorised under that paragraph, as the case may be.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.
275(3)
A person commits an offence if: (a) the person is required by a notice under paragraph 270(1)(d) to give evidence by telephone; and (b) the person refuses or fails:
(i) to be sworn or to make an affirmation; or
(ii) to answer a question that the person is required to answer by the *Official Trustee or a person authorised under that paragraph, as the case may be.
Penalty for contravention of this subsection: Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.
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