sec.137Offences

### sec.137 Offences A person required to give information to an investigator under section 136 must give the information as required by the notice, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. A person given a notice to attend before an investigator must, unless the person has a reasonable excuse— attend as required by the notice; and continue to attend as required by the investigator until excused from further attendance; and answer a question the person is required to answer by the investigator; and produce a thing the person is required to produce by the notice. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. It is a reasonable excuse for a person not to give information, answer a question or produce a stated thing, that giving the information, answering the question or producing the thing might tend to incriminate the person. (sec.137-ssec.1) A person required to give information to an investigator under section 136 must give the information as required by the notice, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.137-ssec.2) A person given a notice to attend before an investigator must, unless the person has a reasonable excuse— attend as required by the notice; and continue to attend as required by the investigator until excused from further attendance; and answer a question the person is required to answer by the investigator; and produce a thing the person is required to produce by the notice. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.137-ssec.3) It is a reasonable excuse for a person not to give information, answer a question or produce a stated thing, that giving the information, answering the question or producing the thing might tend to incriminate the person. - (a) attend as required by the notice; and - (b) continue to attend as required by the investigator until excused from further attendance; and - (c) answer a question the person is required to answer by the investigator; and - (d) produce a thing the person is required to produce by the notice.