54Effect of disclosure of certain information

54 Effect of disclosure of certain information

(1)  This section applies to a person if, for the purposes of a hearing of the council or a commission, a person is required to –

(a) produce a document or other thing; or

(b) answer a question.

(2)  A person to whom this section applies is not excused from the requirement to produce the document or other thing, or to answer the question, solely on the grounds that the document, thing or answer may –

(a) incriminate the person; or

(b) make the person liable to prosecution for an offence against this Act or any other Act; or

(c) expose the person to the imposition of a civil penalty.

(3)  Despite subsection (2) , the production of a document or thing, or the answer to a question, or any information obtained directly or indirectly from the document, thing or answer, is not admissible in evidence against the person in a civil or criminal proceeding, or proceedings relating to a professional or ethical sanction, other than a proceeding –

(a) relating to the false or misleading nature of the document, thing, answer or information; or

(b) for an offence against Chapter X of the Criminal Code .