Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 190

190 Refusal to answer question

(1) A witness at a commission hearing must answer a question put to the person at the hearing by the presiding officer, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment.

(2) The person is not entitled—

(a) to remain silent; or

(b) to refuse to answer the question on a ground of privilege, other than legal professional privilege.

(3) If—

(a) the person refuses to answer a question on the ground the answer to the question would disclose a communication to which legal professional privilege attaches; and

(b) the person has no authority to waive the privilege;

the person must, if required by the presiding officer, tell the officer the name and address of the person to whom or by whom the communication was made.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment.