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Incriminating information, questions or documents

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Part 12Legal proceedings
Division 1General provisions about legal proceedings

135 Incriminating information, questions or documents

(1)

An individual is not excused from complying with a direction under section 101(1)(j) or 102(1) on the ground that the answer to a question or the production of a record or other thing might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a criminal penalty.

(2)

If an individual complies with a requirement to answer a question or produce a record or other thing under section 101(1)(j) or 102(1) neither —

(a)

an answer given by the individual that was given to comply with the requirement; nor

(b)

the fact that a record or other thing produced by the individual to comply with the requirement was produced,

is admissible in evidence in any criminal proceedings against the individual other than proceedings for perjury or for an offence against this Act arising out of the false or misleading nature of the information given.

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