Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION) ACT 2005 - SECT 305

    (1)     A judge or magistrate may issue a warrant for an offender's arrest if satisfied by information on oath that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the offender has breached, or will breach, any of the offender's release on licence obligations.

    (2)     The warrant must—

        (a)     be in writing signed by the judge or magistrate; and

        (b)     be directed to all police officers or a named police officer; and

        (c)     state briefly the matter on which the information is based; and

        (d)     order the arrest of the offender and the bringing of the offender before the board.

    (3)     A police officer who arrests the offender under the warrant, must, as soon as practicable, bring the offender before—

        (a)     the board; or

        (b)     if the board is not sitting—a magistrate.

Note     For remanding or granting bail to the offender, see the Bail Act 1992

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