Section 113 — Human Rights Act 1993: Non-attendance or refusal to co-operate

113 Non-attendance or refusal to co-operate (1) Every person commits an offence who, after being summoned to attend to give evidence before the Tribunal or to produce to the Tribunal any papers, documents, records, or things, without sufficient cause,— (a) Fails to attend in accordance with the summons; or (b) Refuses to be sworn or to give evidence, or, having been sworn, refuses to answer any question that the person is lawfully required by the Tribunal or any member of it to answer concerning the proceedings; or (c) Fails to produce any such paper, document, record, or thing. (2) Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) of this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,500. (3) No person summoned to attend before a Tribunal shall be convicted of an offence against subsection (1) of this section unless there was tendered or paid to that person travelling expenses in accordance with section 111 of this Act.