21Information concerning conduct of games of two-up

21 Information concerning conduct of games of two-up

21 Information concerning conduct of games of two-up

(1) The Minister may, by notice in writing, require a key employee or any person conducting a game of two-up by or on behalf of the Council:

(a) to provide the Minister or an inspector, in accordance with directions in the notice, with such information and documents relevant to the conduct of games of two-up by or on behalf of the Council as are specified in the notice, or

(b) to attend before the Minister or an inspector for examination in relation to any matters relevant to the conduct of such games and to answer any question relating to those matters.

(2) A person who fails to comply with any such notice is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(3) A person (other than a corporation) is not excused from complying with a notice under this section on the ground that compliance might tend to incriminate the person but, if the person claims, before complying with the notice, that compliance might tend to incriminate the person, information provided in compliance with the notice is not admissible in evidence against the person in any criminal proceedings.

(4) If documents are produced under this section, the Minister or inspector to whom they are produced may retain possession of the documents for such period as may reasonably be necessary to permit examination of the documents, the taking of extracts from the documents and the making of copies of the documents.

(5) At any reasonable times during the period for which documents are retained under subsection (4), the Minister or inspector may permit inspection of the documents by a person who would be entitled to inspect them if they were not in the possession of the Minister or an inspector.

(6) A person who complies with a requirement of a notice under this section does not on that account incur a liability to another person.