Search and Surveillance Act 2012

General provisions in relation to search, surveillance, and inspection powers - Offences

173: Failing to comply with examination order

You could also call this:

"Not following a court order to answer questions can get you in trouble with the law"

If you do not follow an examination order without a good reason, you commit an offence. You will be in trouble if you do this, and you might have to go to court. If the court finds you guilty, you could be punished, such as being imprisoned or fined, depending on whether you are an individual or a company.

If you are an individual, you could be imprisoned for up to 1 year. This is what happens if you are found guilty of not following an examination order. The punishment is different if you are a company, as you could be fined up to $40,000.

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Part 4General provisions in relation to search, surveillance, and inspection powers
Offences

173Failing to comply with examination order

  1. Every person commits an offence if he or she, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with an examination order.

  2. Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction,—

  3. in the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 year:
    1. in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $40,000.