Requirement to comply with directions
172 Requirement to comply with directions
If under section 169, 170 or 171 a person is directed to give any information, answer any question or produce any document or record —
that person cannot refuse to comply with that direction on the ground that the information, answer, document or record may tend to incriminate the person or render the person liable to any penalty; but
the information or answer given, or document or record produced, by the person is not admissible in evidence in any criminal proceedings against the person other than proceedings for perjury or for providing false or misleading information under this Act.
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