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CARBON CREDITS (CARBON FARMING INITIATIVE) ACT 2011 - SECT 202

Self - incrimination

  (1)   A person is not excused from giving an answer or producing a document under section   201 on the ground that the answer or the production of the document might tend to incriminate the person or expose the person to a penalty.

  (2)   However, in the case of an individual:

  (a)   the answer given or the document produced; or

  (b)   giving the answer or producing the document; or

  (c)   any information, document or thing obtained as a direct or indirect consequence of giving the answer or producing the document;

is not admissible in evidence against the individual:

  (d)   in civil proceedings for the recovery of a penalty (other than proceedings for the recovery of a penalty under section   179 or 180); or

  (e)   in criminal proceedings (other than proceedings for an offence against section   137.1 or 137.2 of the Criminal Code that relates to this Part).



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