PROSTITUTION ACT 2000 - SECT 13

PROSTITUTION ACT 2000 - SECT 13

13 .         Failure to comply with certain police requirements

        (1)         A person is not to, without lawful excuse, refuse or fail to produce a document or other thing as required under section 23.

        (2)         A person is not to, without lawful excuse, refuse or fail to answer a question or otherwise give information when required to do so under section 23.

        Penalty: For an offence against subsection (1) or (2), imprisonment for 2 years.

        (3)         Where an individual is required under section 23 to answer a question or otherwise give information or produce anything neither —

            (a)         an answer given by the individual that was given to comply with the requirement;

            (b)         the fact that any information that was given by the individual to comply with the requirement was given; nor

            (c)         the fact that anything that was produced by the individual to comply with the requirement was produced,

                is admissible in evidence in any civil or criminal proceedings against the individual other than proceedings for perjury or for an offence arising from the false or misleading nature of the answer or information given.

        (4)         Nothing in this Act prevents —

            (a)         an individual from refusing to answer a question or otherwise give information or produce a document or other thing because the answer or information might, or the document or thing contains information that might, incriminate the individual or render the individual liable to a penalty; or

            (b)         a person refusing to answer a question or otherwise give information or produce a document or other thing because the answer or information would relate to, or the document or thing contains information in respect of which the person claims legal professional privilege.