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PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE (PRUDENTIAL SUPERVISION) ACT 2015 - SECT 149

Self - incrimination

  (1)   A person is not excused from answering a question, providing information or a report, or producing a document, under this Part on the ground that the answer, the information or report, or the production of the document, might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty.

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

  (a)   the answer given, the information or report provided or the document produced; and

  (b)   answering the question, providing the information or report, or producing the document;

are not admissible in evidence against the individual in any criminal or civil proceedings, except proceedings under, or arising out of, section   137.1 or 137.2 of the Criminal Code in relation to answering the question, providing the information or report, or producing the document.

Note 1:   This subsection does not apply in relation to proceedings for a penalty by way of a disqualification under section   120 (see subsection   122(4)).

Note 2:   Sections   137.1 and 137.2 of the Criminal Code create offences for providing false or misleading information or documents.



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