CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 40Q Admissibility of statement

CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 40Q

    (1)     A statement made by a person in a declaration of property interests given in response to a notice under section 40K or 40M is admissible against that person in—

        (a)     a proceeding for making a false or misleading statement in the declaration; or

        (b)     any proceeding under this Act—

but is not otherwise admissible in evidence against that person.

    (2)     Any information, document or other thing obtained as a direct or indirect consequence of making a statement in a declaration of property interests given in response to a notice under section 40K or 40M is admissible against that person in—

        (a)     a proceeding for making a false or misleading statement in the declaration; or

        (b)     any proceeding under this Act—

but is not otherwise admissible in evidence against that person.

S. 40R inserted by No. 79/2014 s. 16.