Failure to provide information to authorised officer
113 Failure to provide information to authorised officer
A person commits an offence if the person refuses or fails to comply with a requirement under subsection 112(2).
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.
A person is excused from complying with a requirement of subsection 112(2) if the answer to the question or the production of the document might tend to incriminate the person or expose the person to a penalty.
A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2), see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.
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