Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189:section:44zj
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 44ZJ
Character Range: 310670–311538

44ZJ  Failing to answer questions etc.
 (1) A person appearing as a witness before the Commission must not, without reasonable excuse:
 (a) refuse or fail to be sworn or to make an affirmation; or
 (b) refuse or fail to answer a question that the person is required to answer by the Commission; or
 (c) refuse or fail to produce a document that he or she was required to produce by a summons under this Part served on him or her as prescribed.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
 (2) It is a reasonable excuse for the purposes of subsection (1) for an individual to refuse or fail to answer a question or produce a document on the ground that the answer or the production of the document might tend to incriminate the individual or to expose the individual to a penalty. This subsection does not limit what is a reasonable excuse for the purposes of subsection (1).