Self-incrimination
68 Self-incrimination
A person required to answer a question, give information or produce a document or thing under this Act is not excused from doing so on the ground that the answer, information, document or thing might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty.
However, the answer, information, document or thing is not admissible in evidence against the person in a civil or criminal proceeding except a proceeding for:
an offence in which the falsity or misleading nature of the answer, information, document or thing is relevant; or
an offence against section 76 to 81, 93, 95 to 97, 99 to 104,
109, 118 or 119 of the Criminal Code.
Note for subsection (2)(b)
These Criminal Code offences relate to disclosure of confidential information, corruption, abuse of office, perjury and other offences against the administration of law, justice and public authority.
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