76Failure to answer questions

76 Failure to answer questions (1) If an authorised officer (other than an authorised officer taking action under section 70) requires a person to answer a question under section 68(1), the person must comply with the requirement, (2) It is a reasonable excuse for the person to fail to answer the question if complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the person. (3) The person does not commit an offence against this section if the information sought by the authorised officer: (a) is not in fact relevant to an offence that happened; or (b) is about a suspected offence that did not happen.

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