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Second-Hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1989
26VRule against self-incrimination does not apply
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26V Rule against self-incrimination does not apply
(1) A person is not excused from answering a question or producing a document under this Division on the ground that the answer or document might tend to incriminate the person.
(2) If the person claims, before answering a question, that the answer might tend to incriminate them, the answer is not admissible in evidence in any criminal proceedings, other than in proceedings in respect of the falsity of the answer.
S. 26W inserted by No. 93/2001 s. 36.