93Offences—attendance at hearings etc.

#### 93 Offences—attendance at hearings etc. Failure to attend hearing (1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person is served with a summons to attend a hearing; and (b) the person: (i) fails to attend as required by the summons; or (ii) fails to appear and report from day to day unless excused or released from further attendance by the Integrity Commissioner. Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months. > Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the excuse or release from further attendance referred to in subparagraph (b)(ii): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code. Failure to swear an oath, make an affirmation or answer a question (2) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person is served with a summons to attend a hearing; and (b) the person fails: (i) to be sworn or to make an affirmation at the hearing; or (ii) to answer a question at the hearing that the Integrity Commissioner requires the person to answer. Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years. > Note 1: A legal practitioner may refuse to answer a question in certain circumstances: see section 95. > Note 2: This subsection is not subject to the privilege against self‑incrimination but there are limits on the uses to which the evidence the person gives may be put: see section 96. (3) Subsection (2) has effect subject to section 150 (which deals with section 149 certified information). Failure to produce a document or thing (4) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person is served with a summons to produce a document or thing specified in the summons; and (b) the person fails to produce the document or thing that the person was required to produce. Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years. > Note 1: A legal practitioner may refuse to produce a document or thing in certain circumstances: see section 95. > Note 2: This subsection is not subject to the privilege against self‑incrimination but there are limits on the uses to which the evidence the person gives may be put: see section 96. (5) Subsection (4) has effect subject to section 150 (which deals with section 149 certified information).