Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00034:section:275
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00034
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 275
Character Range: 441815–443270

275  Refusal to be sworn or give evidence etc.
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person attends before the *Official Trustee, or a person authorised under paragraph 270(1)(b), as required by a notice under that paragraph; and
 (b) the person refuses or fails:
 (i) to be sworn or to make an affirmation; or
 (ii) to answer a question that the person is required to answer by the Official Trustee or a person authorised under that paragraph, as the case may be.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is required by a notice under paragraph 270(1)(c) to give evidence by video link; and
 (b) the person refuses or fails:
 (i) to be sworn or to make an affirmation; or
 (ii) to answer a question that the person is required to answer by the *Official Trustee or a person authorised under that paragraph, as the case may be.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.
 (3) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is required by a notice under paragraph 270(1)(d) to give evidence by telephone; and
 (b) the person refuses or fails:
 (i) to be sworn or to make an affirmation; or
 (ii) to answer a question that the person is required to answer by the *Official Trustee or a person authorised under that paragraph, as the case may be.
Penalty for contravention of this subsection: Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.