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273 Protection against self-incrimination

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a natural person may refuse or fail to give information or do any other thing that the person is required to do by or under this Act or the regulations if giving the information or doing the other thing would tend to incriminate the person.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to—

(a) the production of a document or part of a document that the person is required by this Act or the regulations to produce; or

(b) the giving of a person's name or address in accordance with this Act or the regulations.

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