Commonwealth Numbered Acts

INDUSTRY COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 9 of 1990 - SECT 20

20. (1) A person appearing as a witness at a hearing must not, without
reasonable excuse:

   (a)  refuse or fail to answer a question that the person is required to
        answer by the Commissioner presiding at the hearing; or

   (b)  refuse or fail to produce a document that the person was required to
        produce by a summons under subsection 18 (1) served on the person.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or the corresponding fine fixed by
section 4B of the Crimes Act 1914.

(2) It is a reasonable excuse for the purposes of subsection (1) that the
answer or the production of the document might tend to incriminate the person
or make the person liable to forfeiture or a penalty.