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Price Exploitation Prevention Act 1949
12Failure to take oath, produce documents or answer questions
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12 Failure to take oath, produce documents or answer questions A person, having appeared as a witness before the Controller or a Deputy Controller or an officer authorized in writing by the Controller, whether summoned so to appear or not, shall not refuse, without lawful excuse, to take an oath when required to do so, or to produce documents, books and papers, or to answer questions which he is lawfully required to answer. Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.