51Failure to comply with production orders

51 Failure to comply with production orders

A person who is required by a production order to produce a document to a police officer, or make a document available to a police officer for inspection, must not –

(a) contravene the order without reasonable excuse; or

(b) in purported compliance with the order – produce or make available a document known to the person to be false or misleading in a material particular without –

(i) indicating to the police officer to whom the document is produced or made available that it is false or misleading and the respect in which it is false or misleading; and

(ii) providing correct information to the police officer if the person is in possession of, or can reasonably acquire, the correct information.

Penalty:   –

(a) in the case of a body corporate – a fine not exceeding 500 penalty units; or

(b) in any other case – a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or both.