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Public Trustee Act 1978
sec.117MFailure to help inspector
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### sec.117M Failure to help inspector
A person required to give reasonable help under section 117L (3) (e) must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
If the requirement is to be complied with by the person giving information, or producing a document (other than a document required to be kept by the person under this Act), it is a reasonable excuse for the person to fail to comply with the requirement, if complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the person.
s 117M ins 1997 No. 9 s 68
(sec.117M-ssec.1) A person required to give reasonable help under section 117L (3) (e) must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
(sec.117M-ssec.2) If the requirement is to be complied with by the person giving information, or producing a document (other than a document required to be kept by the person under this Act), it is a reasonable excuse for the person to fail to comply with the requirement, if complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the person.