Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024 · Updated to 2 Feb 2024 · Part IX · Enforcement
40. Examination of person acquainted with case
Feedback & supportAn authorized officer making an investigation under this
Act may examine orally any person supposed to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case.
The person shall be bound to answer all questions relating to the case put to him by the authorized officer, but that person may refuse to answer any question the answer to which would have a tendency to expose him to a criminal charge, penalty or forfeiture.
A person making a statement under this section shall be legally bound to state the truth, whether or not such statement is made wholly or partly in answer to questions.
The authorized officer examining a person under subsection (1)
shall first inform to that person of the provisions of subsections (2)
and (3).
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smoking
“smoking” means inhaling and expelling the smoke or vapour, of any tobacco product or substitute tobacco product, and includes the holding of or control over any tobacco product or substitute tobacco product which is ignited, heated or vaporized or used in any other methods;
A statement made by any person under this section shall, wherever possible, be reduced into writing and signed by the person making the statement or affixed with his thumb print, as the case may be, after—
the statement has been read to him in the language in which he made it; and
the person has been given an opportunity to make any correction he may wish.