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Land Title Act 1994
sec.24Offences by witnesses
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### sec.24 Offences by witnesses
A person who is given a notice under section 23 must not—
fail, without reasonable excuse, to attend as required by the notice; or
fail, without reasonable excuse, to continue to attend at the inquiry as required by the registrar until excused from further attendance.
Maximum penalty—35 penalty units.
A person appearing as a witness at the inquiry must not—
fail to take an oath or make an affirmation when required by the registrar; or
fail, without reasonable excuse, to answer a question the person is required to answer by the registrar; or
fail, without reasonable excuse, to produce a document or thing the person is required to produce by a notice under section 23 .
Maximum penalty—35 penalty units.
It is a reasonable excuse for a person to fail to answer a question or produce a document or thing if answering the question or producing the document or thing might tend to incriminate the person.
s 24 amd 2001 No. 57 s 7
(sec.24-ssec.1) A person who is given a notice under section 23 must not— fail, without reasonable excuse, to attend as required by the notice; or fail, without reasonable excuse, to continue to attend at the inquiry as required by the registrar until excused from further attendance. Maximum penalty—35 penalty units.
(sec.24-ssec.2) A person appearing as a witness at the inquiry must not— fail to take an oath or make an affirmation when required by the registrar; or fail, without reasonable excuse, to answer a question the person is required to answer by the registrar; or fail, without reasonable excuse, to produce a document or thing the person is required to produce by a notice under section 23 . Maximum penalty—35 penalty units.
(sec.24-ssec.3) It is a reasonable excuse for a person to fail to answer a question or produce a document or thing if answering the question or producing the document or thing might tend to incriminate the person.
- (a) fail, without reasonable excuse, to attend as required by the notice; or
- (b) fail, without reasonable excuse, to continue to attend at the inquiry as required by the registrar until excused from further attendance.
- (a) fail to take an oath or make an affirmation when required by the registrar; or
- (b) fail, without reasonable excuse, to answer a question the person is required to answer by the registrar; or
- (c) fail, without reasonable excuse, to produce a document or thing the person is required to produce by a notice under section 23 .