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Part 5 · Administrative and Other Supplementary Provisions

60. Refusal to give evidence an offence

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Last amended by an amending law of 2017.

(1)

A person who appears before the Registrar must not, without lawful excuse, refuse to be sworn or to make an affirmation, or to produce documents, articles or devices for projecting non‑physical products, or to answer questions, which the person is required by the Registrar to produce or answer.

(2)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.

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