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CASINO CONTROL ACT 1992 - SECT 33
Failure to provide information etc is an offence and punishable as contempt
33 Failure to provide information etc is an offence and punishable as contempt
(1) A person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement
of a notice under section 32 is guilty of an offence. : Maximum penalty-- (a)
for an individual--100 penalty units, or
(b) for a corporation--1,000 penalty
units.
(2) A person is not excused from complying with a notice under
section 32 on the ground that compliance might tend to incriminate the person.
(3) If the person claims in writing to the NICC, before complying with the
notice, that compliance might tend to incriminate the person, information
provided in compliance with the notice is not admissible in criminal
proceedings against the person except proceedings for the offence of providing
false or misleading information in purported compliance with the notice.
(4)
If the NICC is satisfied that a person has, without reasonable excuse, failed
to comply with a requirement of a notice under section 32, the NICC may
certify the failure to the Supreme Court.
(5) The Supreme Court may then
inquire into the case and-- (a) order the person to comply with the
requirement within a period specified by the Court, or
(b) if the Court is
satisfied that the person failed, without reasonable excuse, to comply with
the requirement--punish the person as if the person were in contempt of the
Court and, if it thinks fit, also make an order under paragraph (a).
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