Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
275Refusal to be sworn or give evidence etc.
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275 Refusal to be sworn or give evidence etc.
(1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person attends before the *Official Trustee, or a person authorised under paragraph 270(1)(b), as required by a notice under that paragraph; and (b) the person refuses or fails: (i) to be sworn or to make an affirmation; or (ii) to answer a question that the person is required to answer by the Official Trustee or a person authorised under that paragraph, as the case may be.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.
(2) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person is required by a notice under paragraph 270(1)(c) to give evidence by video link; and (b) the person refuses or fails: (i) to be sworn or to make an affirmation; or (ii) to answer a question that the person is required to answer by the *Official Trustee or a person authorised under that paragraph, as the case may be.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.
(3) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person is required by a notice under paragraph 270(1)(d) to give evidence by telephone; and (b) the person refuses or fails: (i) to be sworn or to make an affirmation; or (ii) to answer a question that the person is required to answer by the *Official Trustee or a person authorised under that paragraph, as the case may be.
Penalty for contravention of this subsection: Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.