Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person upon whom a summons under section 21 has been served shall not refuse or fail:
(a) to be sworn or to make an affirmation;
(b) to answer a question put to him or her by the Chair or a member; or
(c) to produce a document that he or she was, by the summons, required to produce.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months or 4 penalty units .
(2) Paragraph ( 1)(a), (b) or (c) does not apply if the person proves that he or she has a reasonable excuse.
Note: A defendant bears a legal burden in relation to the matter in subsection ( 2) (see section 13.4 of the Criminal Code ).