Failing to answer questions etc.
(1) A person appearing as a witness before the Commission must not, without reasonable excuse: (a) refuse or fail to be sworn or to make an affirmation; or (b) refuse or fail to answer a question that the person is required to answer by the Commission; or (c) refuse or fail to produce a document that he or she was required to produce by a summons under this Part served on him or her as prescribed. Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months. (2) It is a reasonable excuse for the purposes of subsection (1) for an individual to refuse or fail to answer a question or produce a document on the ground that the answer or the production of the document might tend to incriminate the individual or to expose the individual to a penalty. This subsection does not limit what is a reasonable excuse for the purposes of subsection (1).
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