Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Second-Hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1989 - SECT 26V

Rule against self-incrimination does not apply

26V. Rule against self-incrimination does not apply



(1) A person is not excused from answering a question or producing a document
under this Division on the ground that the answer or document might tend to
incriminate the person.

(2) If the person claims, before answering a question, that the answer might
tend to incriminate them, the answer is not admissible in evidence in any
criminal proceedings, other than in proceedings in respect of the falsity of
the answer.