ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL ACT 1975 - SECT 62 Refusal to be sworn or to answer questions
ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL ACT 1975 - SECT 62
Refusal to be sworn or to answer questions(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person appears as a witness before the Tribunal; and
(b) the person has been required under section 40 either to take an oath or make an affirmation; and
(c) the person fails to comply with the requirement.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months or 60 penalty units, or both.
(3) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person appears as a witness before the Tribunal; and
(b) the member presiding at the proceeding has required the person to answer a question; and
(c) the person fails to answer the question.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months or 60 penalty units, or both.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if answering the question might tend to incriminate the person.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter
in subsection (4) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code
).