Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person is not
excused from giving information or an explanation, answering a question or
producing a document under section 34 on the ground that the information,
explanation or answer, or the production of the document, might tend to
incriminate the person.
(2) A person must give
information or an explanation, answer a question or produce a document as
required under section 34 despite any duty of secrecy or confidentiality
that the person has under another written law, and the person does not commit
an offence under another written law by doing so.
(3) If a person gives
information or an explanation, answers a question or produces a document under
section 34, neither —
(a) the
giving of the information or explanation, answering of the question or
production of the document; nor
(b)
anything obtained as a direct or indirect result of the giving of the
information or explanation, answering of the question or production of the
document,
is admissible in
evidence against that person in any civil or criminal proceedings
except —
(c)
proceedings for an offence against this Division; or
(d)
proceedings under The Criminal Code Chapter XX.
(4) Despite
subsection (3), the person may, in any civil or criminal proceedings, be
asked about an answer under the Evidence Act 1906 section 21.