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Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1976
37Contravention of production order
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### 37 Contravention of production order
> A person who is required by a production order to produce a document to the Director or make a document available for inspection by the Director must not –
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> > > (a) contravene the order without reasonable excuse; or
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> > > (b) in purported compliance with the order – produce or make available a document known to the person to be false or misleading in a material particular without –
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> > > > > (i) indicating to the Director that the document is false or misleading in that material particular and in what respect it is false or misleading; and
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> > > > > (iii) providing the correct information to the Director if the person is in possession of, or can reasonably acquire, the correct information.
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> Penalty: In the case of –
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> > > (a) a body corporate – a fine not exceeding 500 penalty units; and
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> > > (b) an individual – a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or both.