New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION ACT 1988 - SECT 26

26 Self-incrimination

(1) This section applies where, under section 21 or 22, the Commission requires any person:

(a) to produce any statement of information, or

(b) to produce any document or other thing.

(2) If the statement, document or other thing tends to incriminate the person and the person objects to production at the time, neither the fact of the requirement nor the statement, document or thing itself (if produced) may be used in any proceedings against the person (except proceedings for an offence against this Act).

(3) They may however be used for the purposes of the investigation concerned, despite any such objection.