170Protection against self-incrimination

170 Protection against self-incrimination (1) It is a reasonable excuse for a natural person to refuse or fail to give information or do any other thing that the person is required to do by or under this Part, if the giving of the information or the doing of that other thing would tend to incriminate the person. (2) Despite subsection (1), it is not a reasonable excuse for a natural person to refuse or fail to produce a document that the person is required to produce by or under this Part, if the production of the document would tend to incriminate the person. S. 170(3) inserted by No. 23/2016 s. 12. (3) Despite subsection (1), it is not a reasonable excuse for a natural person to refuse or fail to provide information or assistance that a person is required under section 158A to provide, if the provision of the information or assistance would tend to incriminate the person.