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MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN BUSINESS REGULATION ACT 1992 - SECT 14

Self - incrimination

  (1)   For the purposes of subsection   13(1A), it is not a reasonable excuse for a person to refuse or fail to give information or evidence, or to produce documents, in accordance with a requirement under section   10, that the information, evidence or production of the documents might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty.

  (2)   Subsection   ( 3) applies if:

  (a)   before giving information or evidence in accordance with such a requirement, a person claims that the information or evidence might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty; and

  (b)   the information or evidence might in fact tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty.

  (3)   The information or evidence, as the case may be, 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 information or evidence, as the case may be.


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