Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953 - SECT 129

             (1)  A person appearing as a witness before a Committee shall not refuse to be sworn or to make an affirmation or to answer a question relevant to the proceedings put to the person by a member of the Committee.

Penalty:  $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

             (2)  A statement or disclosure made by a witness to a Committee is not admissible in evidence against the witness in civil or criminal proceedings in a court except in a prosecution for giving false testimony in the Committee's proceedings.