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Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1976
36Certain matters do not excuse contravention of order
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### 36 Certain matters do not excuse contravention of order
> > (1) A person is not excused from a requirement to produce a document or make a document available under a production order on the ground that producing the document or making it available –
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> > > > (a) may tend to incriminate the person or render the person liable to a penalty; or
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> > > > (b) would be in breach of a statutory or other obligation of the person not to disclose the existence or contents of the document.
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> > (2) If a person produces a document or makes it available under a production order, the production or making available of the document, or of any information, document or thing obtained as a direct or indirect consequence of the production or making available of the document, is not admissible against the person in any criminal proceedings other than proceedings under [section 37](#GS37@EN) .
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> > (3) For the purposes of [subsection (2)](#GS36@Gs2@EN) , proceedings on an application for a restraining order or forfeiture order are not criminal proceedings.