Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03367:body:0:p20
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03367
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 48383–51016

take part in creating or continuing a disturbance in or near a place where the Commission is meeting or holding an inquiry; or
     (e) do any other act or thing that would, if the Commission were a court of record, constitute a contempt of that court.
Penalty:
     (a) in the case of a natural person—$1,000; or
     (b) in the case of a body corporate—$5,000.

Self-incrimination
"27d. (1) It is not a reasonable excuse for the purposes of section 27b for a person to refuse or fail to furnish information or produce a document that the furnishing of the information or the production of the document might incriminate the person, but evidence of the furnishing of the information or the production of the document is not admissible in evidence against the person in any civil or criminal proceeding before a court, other than a proceeding for an offence under section 27e.
"(2) Without limiting the generality of the expression 'reasonable excuse' in section 27c, it is hereby declared for the removal of doubt that it is a reasonable excuse for the purposes of that section for a person to refuse or fail to answer a question put to the person at an inquiry, or to refuse to produce a document, that the answer to the question or the production of the document might incriminate the person.

False or misleading information
"27e. A person shall not furnish information or make a statement to the Commission, to the Commissioner or to any other person exercising powers or performing functions under this Act, knowing that the information or statement is false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty:
     (a) in the case of a natural person—$2,500 or imprisonment for 3 months, or both; or
     (b) in the case of a body corporate—$10,000.

Non-disclosure of private information
"27f. (1) A person who is, or has at any time been, the Commissioner, a member of the Commission or a member of the staff assisting the Commission or is, or has at any time been, authorised to perform or exercise any function or power of the Commission or the Commissioner or any function or power on behalf of the Commission or the Commissioner, being a function or power conferred on the Commission or on the Commissioner under this Act, shall not, either directly or indirectly, except in the

performance of a duty under or in connection with this Act or in the performance or exercise of such a function or power—
     (a) make a record of, or divulge or communicate to any person, any information relating to the affairs of another person acquired by the first-mentioned person by reason of that person's office or employment under or