18Power of police officers at or above rank of sergeant to require financial information

18 Power of police officers at or above rank of sergeant to require financial information

(1)  A police officer at or above the rank of sergeant who reasonably believes that a person is a commercial operator may require the person to state the source of any income including that appearing in any financial records relating to the person.

(2)  A person must not, in respect of any information given to a police officer under subsection (1)  –

(a) give information that the person knows is false or misleading; or

(b) fail to give relevant information of which the person has knowledge.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.