Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to a person if the Minister has reason to believe that the person has information or a document that is relevant to:
(a) the administration or enforcement of this Act; or
(b) Australia's obligation to report under Article 7 of the Convention; or
(c) Australia's obligation to provide information under Article 8 of the Convention.
(2) The Minister may, by written notice given to the person, require the person:
(a) to give to the Minister, within the period and in the manner and form specified in the notice, any such information; or
(b) to produce to the Minister, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, any such documents; or
(c) to make copies of any such documents and to produce to the Minister, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, those copies.
(3) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is subject to a requirement covered by subsection ( 2); and
(b) the person recklessly contravenes the requirement.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
Note: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.