Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), it is not a reasonable excuse for a person to refuse or fail to comply with a requirement under this Act to give information (including answering a question) or produce a document or other thing to a Royal Commission that the information, document or other thing might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty.
Note
See section 40 as to the admissibility of answers, information, documents and other things given to a Royal Commission.
(2) It is a reasonable excuse for a natural person to refuse or fail to comply with a requirement referred to in subsection (1) that the information, document or other thing might tend to incriminate the person, or make the person liable to a penalty, in relation to—
(a) proceedings for an offence with which the person has been charged that have not finally been disposed of; or
(b) proceedings for the imposition or recovery of a penalty that have been commenced against the person but not finally disposed of.