Protection against self‐incrimination
35ZA Protection against self‐incrimination
Subject to subsection (2), it is a reasonable excuse for a natural person to refuse or fail to answer a question, give information or do any other thing that the person is required to do by or under this Division, if the answering of the question, the giving of the information or the doing of that other thing would tend to incriminate the person.
It is not a reasonable excuse for a natural person to refuse or fail to produce a document that the person is required to produce by or under this Division.
A document produced by a natural person in accordance with a requirement to produce by or under this Division that would tend to incriminate the person is not admissible in evidence against the person in a criminal proceeding unless—
the person is required by law to keep the document; or
the proceeding is in respect of false or misleading information included in the document.
S. 35ZB inserted by No. 51/2024 s. 37.
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