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HEMP INDUSTRY ACT 2008 - SECT 34
Provisions relating to requirements to furnish records, information or answer questions
34 Provisions relating to requirements to furnish records, information or
answer questions
(1) Warning to be given on each occasion A person is not guilty of an offence
of failing to comply with a requirement under this Part to furnish records or
information or to answer a question unless the person was warned on that
occasion that a failure to comply is an offence.
(2) Self-incrimination not
an excuse A person is not excused from a requirement under this Part to
furnish any records or information or to answer a question on the ground that
the record, information or answer might incriminate the person or make the
person liable to a penalty.
(3) Information or answer not admissible if
objection made However, any information furnished or answer given by a natural
person in compliance with a requirement under this Part is not admissible in
evidence against the person in criminal proceedings (except proceedings for an
offence under this Part) 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 furnishing the
information or giving the answer on the ground that it might incriminate the
person.
(4) Records admissible Any record furnished by a person in compliance
with a requirement under this Part is not inadmissible in evidence against the
person in criminal proceedings on the ground that the record might incriminate
the person.
(5) Further information Further information obtained as a result
of a record or information furnished or of an answer given in compliance with
a requirement under this Part is not inadmissible on the ground: (a) that the
record or information had to be furnished or the answer had to be given, or
(b) that the record or information furnished or answer given might incriminate
the person.
(6) Requirement to state name and address This section extends to
a requirement under this Part to state a person’s name and address.
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