Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person served with a summons to appear as a witness at an inquiry by a Commission shall not:
(a) fail to attend as required by the summons; or
(b) fail to appear and report himself or herself from day to day unless excused or released from further attendance by or on behalf of the Commission.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 10 penalty units, or both.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .
(3) An offence under subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .