Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189:section:154r
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 154R
Character Range: 2137324–2138409

154R  Answering of questions or producing evidential material
 (1) If a search warrant in relation to premises is being executed, the executing officer or an officer assisting may:
 (a) require a person at the premises to answer questions or produce evidential material to which the warrant relates; and
 (b) seize that evidential material.
 (2) A person commits an offence if the person fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (1).
Penalty: 30 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

Self‑incrimination is no excuse
 (3) An individual is not excused from answering a question or producing evidential material on the ground that the answer, or the production of the material, might tend to incriminate the individual or make the individual liable to a penalty.
 (4) However, the answer is not admissible in evidence against the individual in any criminal proceedings, other than:
 (a) proceedings for an offence against subsection (2); or
 (b) proceedings for an offence against section 137.1, 137.2 or 149.1 of the Criminal Code that relates to this Part.