ROYAL COMMISSIONS ACT 1968 - SECT 14

ROYAL COMMISSIONS ACT 1968 - SECT 14

14 .         Contempt: failing to be sworn or to give evidence when summoned

        (1)         A person served with a summons under section 9 requiring the person to attend a Commission and give evidence who —

            (a)         refuses to be sworn or make an affirmation; or

            (b)         fails to answer any question relevant to the investigation that the Commission requires the person to answer,

                is in contempt of the Commission.

        (2)         Despite section 31(2), a person required by the Commission to answer a question relevant to the inquiry is not excused from the requirement to answer the question on the ground that the answer might incriminate or tend to incriminate the person or render the person liable to a penalty.

        [Section 14 inserted: No. 30 of 2006 s. 8.]