Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

CHAPTER 4 - ADMINISTRATION  

PART 4-1 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE OFFICIAL TRUSTEE  

Division 2 - Obtaining information about controlled property  

SECTION 275   Refusal to be sworn or give evidence etc.  

275(1)    
A person commits an offence if:

(a) the person attends before the * Official Trustee, or a person authorised under paragraph 270(1)(b) , as required by a notice under that paragraph; and

(b) the person refuses or fails:

(i) to be sworn or to make an affirmation; or

(ii) to answer a question that the person is required to answer by the Official Trustee or a person authorised under that paragraph, as the case may be.

(iii) (Repealed by No 3 of 2021)

Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.

275(2)    

A person commits an offence if:

(a)    the person is required by a notice under paragraph 270(1)(c) to give evidence by video link; and

(b)    the person refuses or fails:

(i) to be sworn or to make an affirmation; or

(ii) to answer a question that the person is required to answer by the *Official Trustee or a person authorised under that paragraph, as the case may be.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.

275(3)    
A person commits an offence if:

(a)    the person is required by a notice under paragraph 270(1)(d) to give evidence by telephone; and

(b)    the person refuses or fails:

(i) to be sworn or to make an affirmation; or

(ii) to answer a question that the person is required to answer by the *Official Trustee or a person authorised under that paragraph, as the case may be.

Penalty for contravention of this subsection: Imprisonment for 6 months or 30 penalty units, or both.