Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 58

58 Witness refusing to attend, answer question or produce a thing before Legislative Assembly or authorised committee

(1) A person who—

(a) fails to attend before the Legislative Assembly as required under the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 , section 29 ; or

(b) fails to attend before an authorised committee as required under the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 , section 30 (4) ; or

(c) fails to answer a question asked by the Assembly, or to produce a document or other thing to the Assembly, as required under the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 , section 32 (6) ; or

(d) fails to answer a question asked by an authorised committee, or to produce a document or other thing to an authorised committee, as required under the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 , section 33 (8) ;

commits a misdemeanour.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.

(2) A person can not be convicted of an offence against subsection (1) (a) or (b) if the Assembly has excused the person for the failure mentioned in the subsection.

(3) In this section—

"authorised committee" see the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 , schedule .