Offence: failure to answer questions

In force

A person commits an offence if the person —

(a)

fails without reasonable excuse to answer any question asked by a police officer under this Act; or

(b)

in answer to a question asked by a police officer under this Act provides information that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty: a fine of $5 000.

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