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VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 1976 - SECT 37 Contravention of production order

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 1976 - SECT 37

Contravention of production order

A person who is required by a production order to produce a document to the Director or make a document available for inspection by the Director must not –
(a) contravene the order without reasonable excuse; or
(b) in purported compliance with the order – produce or make available a document known to the person to be false or misleading in a material particular without –
(i) indicating to the Director that the document is false or misleading in that material particular and in what respect it is false or misleading; and
(iii) providing the correct information to the Director if the person is in possession of, or can reasonably acquire, the correct information.
Penalty:  In the case of –
(a) a body corporate – a fine not exceeding 500 penalty units; and
(b) an individual – a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or both.