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OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 728

Self - incrimination

  (1)   A person is not excused from giving information or evidence or producing a document under section   725 on the ground that the information or evidence 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 information or evidence given or the document produced; or

  (b)   giving the information or evidence or producing the document; or

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

is not admissible in evidence against the individual:

  (d)   in any civil proceedings; or

  (e)   in criminal proceedings other than:

  (i)   proceedings for an offence against subsection   725(5) or section   731, 732 or 733; or

  (ii)   proceedings for an offence against section   137.1 or 137.2 of the Criminal Code that relates to this Division.



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