Co-operatives National Law Application Act 2013
524Offences by involved person
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524 Offences by involved person
(1) An involved person must not:
(a) fail to comply with a lawful requirement of an investigator without showing reasonable cause for the failure; or
(b) give an investigator information knowing the information to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
(c) when appearing before an investigator:
(i) make a statement knowing the statement to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
(ii) fail to be sworn or to make an affirmation.
(2) If an investigator considers a failure by a person to comply with a requirement of the investigator is an offence under subsection (1) (a), the investigator may certify the failure to the Supreme Court and the court may then:
(a) order the involved person to comply with the requirement of the investigator within a stated period; or
(b) instead of, or in addition to, making the order, punish the involved person as for a contempt of the Supreme Court if satisfied there was no lawful excuse for the failure to comply with the requirement of the investigator.