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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 83 Information Commissioner investigations--administration of oath or affirmation

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 83

Information Commissioner investigations--administration of oath or affirmation

  (1)   If, by a notice under subsection   82(1), the Information Commissioner requires a person to appear before him or her, the Information Commissioner may:

  (a)   administer an oath or affirmation to the person; and

  (b)   examine the person on oath or affirmation.

  (2)   The oath or affirmation to be taken or made by a person for the purposes of this section is an oath or affirmation that the answers the person will give will be true.

  (3)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person is required under this section to be examined on oath or affirmation; and

  (b)   the person engages in conduct; and

  (c)   the person's conduct breaches that requirement.

Penalty for a contravention of this subsection:   6 months imprisonment.

Note:   Chapter   2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.