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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACT 2006 - SECT 61

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACT 2006 - SECT 61

61 .         Data access order, effect of

        (1)         A data access order has effect according to its contents.

        (2)         A person who is served with a data access order and who, without reasonable excuse (the onus of proving which is on the person), does not obey it commits a crime.

        Penalty: imprisonment for 5 years.

        Summary conviction penalty: a fine of $24 000 and imprisonment for 2 years.

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