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DEFENCE (INQUIRY) REGULATIONS 2018 (F2018L00316) - REG 31

Refusing to be sworn or to make affirmation

             (1)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person appears as a witness at a hearing of a Commission; and

                     (b)  the person is called upon by the President of the Commission to be sworn or to make an affirmation; and

                     (c)  the person refuses to be sworn or to make an affirmation.

Penalty:  20 penalty units.

             (2)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person attends as a witness before a COI assistant of a Commission to give evidence; and

                     (b)  the person is called upon by the COI assistant to be sworn or to make an affirmation; and

                     (c)  the person refuses to be sworn or to make an affirmation.

Penalty:  20 penalty units.


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