Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00167:section:267f
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00167
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 267F
Character Range: 814887–815625

267F  Refusal to be sworn or give evidence etc.
 (1) A person attending before the Official Receiver or an authorised officer as required by a notice under subsection 77C(1) must not:
 (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 Official Receiver or authorised officer, as the case may be; or
 (c) refuse or fail to produce any books that the person is required by the notice to produce.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).