If you do not follow a production order without a good reason, you commit an offence. You will be in trouble if you do this, and it can lead to serious consequences. The police and the court will decide what happens to you if you break this rule.
If you are found guilty of not following a production order, you can get in big trouble. As an individual, you could go to prison for up to one year. A body corporate, which is a company or organisation, could be fined up to $40,000.
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173: Failing to comply with examination order, or
"Not following a court order to answer questions can get you in trouble with the law"
175: False application for examination order, production order, search warrant, surveillance device warrant, or declaratory order, or
"Lying on an application for a search or surveillance order can get you in trouble"
Every person commits an offence if he or she, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a production order.
Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction,—
