Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A person who is summoned to attend before a Magistrate or an eligible Judge must not:
(a) without reasonable excuse, fail to attend as required by the summons, after payment or tender of a reasonable sum for expenses of attendance;
(b) refuse to be sworn or to make an affirmation as a witness or, without reasonable excuse, to answer any question when required to do so by the Magistrate or Judge ; or
(c) without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to produce any document or other article that the person was required to produce by the summons.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2) An offence against paragraph ( 1)(a) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .