GAME AND FERAL ANIMAL CONTROL ACT 2002 - SECT 48
Provisions relating to requirements under this Division
GAME AND FERAL ANIMAL CONTROL ACT 2002 - SECT 48
Provisions relating to requirements under this Division
48 Provisions relating to requirements under this Division
(1A) Warning to be given on each occasion A person is not guilty of an offence
of failing to comply with a requirement under this Division to make a
statement, to give or furnish information, to answer a question or to produce
a document unless the person was warned on that occasion that a failure to
comply is an offence.
(1) Self-incrimination not an excuse A person is not
excused from a requirement under this Division to make a statement, to give or
furnish information, to answer a question or to produce a document on the
ground that the statement, information, answer or document might incriminate
the person or make the person liable to a penalty.
(2) Statement, information
or answer not admissible if objection made However, any statement made or any
information or answer given or furnished by a natural person in compliance
with a requirement under this Division is not admissible in evidence against
the person in criminal proceedings (except proceedings for an offence under
this Division) if--
(a) the person objected at the time to doing so on the
ground that it might incriminate the person, or
(b) the person was not warned
on that occasion that the person may object to making the statement or giving
or furnishing the information or answer on the ground that it might
incriminate the person.
(3) Documents admissible Any document produced by a
person in compliance with a requirement under this Division is not
inadmissible in evidence against the person in criminal proceedings on the
ground that the document might incriminate the person.
(4) Further
information Further information obtained as a result of a document produced, a
statement made or information or answer given or furnished in compliance with
a requirement under this Division is not inadmissible on the ground--
(a) that
the document, statement, information or answer had to be produced, made, given
or furnished, or
(b) that the document, statement, information or answer
might incriminate the person.
