118Power to obtain information

118 Power to obtain information

(1) For the purpose of preventing, controlling or eradicating an exotic disease, an inspector may do any of the following—

(a) require a person to answer any question that the inspector reasonably believes may provide information bearing on the prevention, control or eradication of the disease;

(b) require a person to state the person's name and place of residence;

(c) require a person to produce any record or other document;

(d) inspect and take extracts from or copies of any record or other document.

(2) Such a requirement is not duly made unless, at the time of making the requirement, the person of whom the requirement is made has been informed by the inspector that a refusal or failure to furnish the answer, record or document, as the case may be, constitutes an offence.

(3) A person cannot decline to answer any question that the person has been required to answer, or to produce any record or other document that the person has been required to produce, on the ground that the answer, record or document might tend to incriminate the person.

(4) If, before answering the question or producing the record or document, the person claims that the answer, record or document might tend to incriminate the person, then neither the question nor the answer, nor any record or document produced, is admissible in evidence against the person in any criminal proceedings other than proceedings relating to—

(a) the refusal or failure to answer any question or produce any record or document; or

(b) the furnishing of any answer, record or document that is false or misleading.

S. 119 (Heading) inserted by No. 35/2009 s. 98.