(1) The Supreme Court may, on application of the receiver for a law practice
or on its own initiative, make an order directing that an associate or former
associate of the practice, or another person, appear before the court for
examination on oath or affirmation in relation to the regulated property of
the law practice.
(2) On an examination of a person under this section, the
person must answer all questions that the court allows to be put to the
person.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(3) An
individual is not excused from answering a question on the ground that the
answer might tend to incriminate the person.
(4) However if, before answering
the question, the individual objects on the ground that answering may tend to
incriminate the individual and that ground is established, the answer is not
admissible in evidence, and derivative evidence is not admissible, against the
individual in any proceeding for an offence, other than—
"derivative evidence" means any information, document or other evidence
obtained as a direct or indirect result of the evidence given by an individual
mentioned in subsection (4) .
"proceeding for perjury" means a criminal proceeding in which the false or
misleading nature of the evidence is in question.
