Corruption, Crime and Misconduct Act 2003

Where a contempt of the Commission is alleged to have taken place, the Commission may present to the Supreme Court a certificate setting out the details of the act or omission that the Commission considers constitutes the alleged contempt.

A certificate presented under subsection (1) is prima facie evidence of the matters certified in it.

Where a certificate is presented under subsection (1), the Supreme Court has jurisdiction as if the contempt were a contempt of that Court.

A person is not liable to be punished for contempt under this section in respect of failure to comply with a notice served under section 95 or a summons served under section 96 if, in the case of a failure without reasonable excuse to produce any document or other thing, the person proves that the document or other thing was not relevant to the investigation.

Subsection (4) does not apply in respect of failure to comply with an examination summons served under section 96.

Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a person required to comply with a notice served under section 94 or 95 or a summons served under section 96 has the same protection, and is subject to the same liabilities in any civil or criminal proceedings, as a witness in any case tried in the Supreme Court.