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Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary Commissions) Act 2012
66Protection in relation to contraventions of prohibitions
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#### 66 Protection in relation to contraventions of prohibitions
Protection for answering question
(1) A person who:
(a) is required to appear, or is appearing, at a hearing of a Commission; and
(b) answers a question at the hearing;
is not liable for a contravention of a prohibition by or under another Australian law on the answer.
Protection for producing document or other thing
(2) A person who is required to produce, or who produces, a document or other thing to a member of the staff of, or to a member of, a Commission is not liable for a contravention of a prohibition by or under another Australian law on the production of the document or thing.