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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACT 2006 - SECT 153

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACT 2006 - SECT 153

153 .         Order by officer, offence to not obey

        (1)         A person who, without reasonable excuse, does not comply with an order given by an officer under this Act commits an offence.

        Penalty: a fine of $12 000 and imprisonment for 12 months.

        (2A)         Subsection (1) does not apply to an order given under section 38B(1) or (2).

        (2)         It is not a defence to a charge of an offence under subsection (1) that information required to be given under the order would or may have incriminated the accused.

        [Section 153 amended: No. 56 of 2012 s. 9.]