Offence to contravene help requirement
40 Offence to contravene help requirement
A person of whom a help requirement has been made must comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.
It is a reasonable excuse for an individual not to comply with a help requirement if complying might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a penalty.
However, subsection (2) does not apply if a document or information the subject of the help requirement is required to be held or kept by the defendant under this Act or a primary Act.
Note—
See, however, section 71.
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