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.]