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CORPORATIONS (ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER) ACT 2006 - SECT 461.15

Self-incrimination

             (1)  For the purposes of Part 10-3, it is not a reasonable excuse for a person to refuse or fail:

                     (a)  to give information; or

                     (b)  to produce a book;

in accordance with a requirement made of the person, that the information or production of the book, as the case may be, might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty.

             (2)  Subsection (3) applies if:

                     (a)  before making an oral statement giving information in compliance with a requirement made under this Part or Part 10-3, a person (other than a body corporate) claims that the statement might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty; and

                     (b)  the statement might in fact tend to incriminate the person or make the person so liable.

             (3)  The statement is not admissible in evidence against the person in:

                     (a)  a criminal proceeding; or

                     (b)  a proceeding for the imposition of a penalty;

other than a proceeding in respect of the falsity of the statement.



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