Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00316:reg:31
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00316
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 31
Character Range: 28844–29520

31  Refusing to be sworn or to make affirmation
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person appears as a witness at a hearing of a Commission; and
 (b) the person is called upon by the President of the Commission to be sworn or to make an affirmation; and
 (c) the person refuses to be sworn or to make an affirmation.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person attends as a witness before a COI assistant of a Commission to give evidence; and
 (b) the person is called upon by the COI assistant to be sworn or to make an affirmation; and
 (c) the person refuses to be sworn or to make an affirmation.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.