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Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
120Offence: failing to comply with a notice
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#### 120 Offence: failing to comply with a notice
(1) A person who refuses or fails to comply with a production or attendance notice commits an offence.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
> Note: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.
(2) However, a person does not commit an offence in relation to a production notice if the person complied with the notice to the extent that it was practicable to do so within the period allowed by the notice.
> Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.