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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2014 - SECT 569

569 .         Self-incrimination

        (1)         A person is not excused from complying with a direction given to the person under section 567(4), or a summons served on the person under section 568, on the ground that the answer to a question or the production of a document might tend to incriminate the person or expose the person to a criminal penalty.

        (2)         However, any answer given or document produced by a person in compliance with a direction given to the person under section 567(4), or a summons served on the person under section 568, is not admissible in evidence in any criminal proceedings against the person other than proceedings for an offence under section 571(1)(d) or (e).



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