150Failure to attend and other offences

150 Failure to attend and other offences

150 Failure to attend and other offences

(1) A person summoned to attend, or appearing before an examining Commissioner at, an examination must not, without reasonable excuse, fail—

(a) to attend before the examining Commissioner in accordance with the summons, or

(b) to be sworn or to make an affirmation, or

(c) to answer any question relevant to an examination or other investigation put to the person by the examining Commissioner, or

(d) to produce any document or other thing in the person’s custody or control that the person is required by the summons or by the examining Commissioner to produce.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for failing without reasonable excuse to produce a document or other thing if the defendant establishes that the document or other thing was not relevant to an examination or other investigation.

(3) A person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a condition to which the release of the person under section 72 or 94 is subject, is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.