Offences by witnesses
760 Offences by witnesses
A person given an attendance notice must not, without reasonable excuse—
fail to attend as required by the notice; or
fail to continue to attend as required by the tribunal until excused from further attendance; or
fail to produce a document or other thing the person is required to produce by the attendance notice.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
A person appearing as a witness at a hearing of a proceeding must not—
fail to take an oath or make an affirmation when required by the tribunal; or
fail, without reasonable excuse, to answer a question the person is required to answer by the tribunal.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
It is a reasonable excuse for a person to fail to answer a question or to produce a document or other thing if answering the question or producing the document or thing might tend to incriminate the person.
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