47AContempt of the Commission

47A Contempt of the Commission

47A Contempt of the Commission

(1) A person is guilty of contempt of the Commission if the person, without a reasonable excuse—

(a) if served with a summons to appear as a witness before the Commission—fails to attend—

(i) as required by the summons, or

(ii) from day to day unless excused or released from further attendance by an executive officer, or

(b) if appearing as a witness at a hearing before the Commission—refuses or fails to—

(i) comply with a requirement to take an oath or make an affirmation under section 24(7), or

(ii) answer a question the person is required to answer by the executive officer presiding at the hearing, or

(iii) produce a document or thing the person was required to produce at the hearing, or

(iv) produce a document or thing the person was required to produce by a summons served on the person, or

(c) in relation to proceedings before the Commission, wilfully threatens or insults—

(i) the Commissioner, an Assistant Commissioner or an officer of the Commission, or

(ii) a witness or person summoned to attend before the Commission, or

(iii) an Australian legal practitioner appointed to assist the Commission as counsel, or

(iv) an Australian legal practitioner or other person authorised to appear before the Commission, or

(d) obstructs or hinders the Commission or an officer of the Commission in the exercise of the functions of the Commission, or

(e) disrupts a hearing before the Commission, or

(f) when released by order under section 36(5) on condition the person appear before the Commission—fails to appear before the Commission, or

(g) refuses or fails to produce a document or thing to an officer of the Commission in accordance with a production notice under section 28 or 29, or

(h) does another thing that, if the Commission were a court of law having power to commit for contempt, would be contempt of the court.