Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

CORPORATIONS LAW RULES 2000 (2000 NO 16) - REG 76

(1)       This rule applies if a person is summoned or ordered by the court to attend for examination, and—

        (a)     without reasonable cause, the person fails—

              (i)     to attend at the time and place appointed; or

              (ii)     to attend from day to day until the completion of the examination; or

              (iii)     to take an oath or make an affirmation; or

              (iv)     to answer a question that the court directs the person to answer; or

              (v)     to produce books that the summons requires the person to produce; or

              (vi)     to comply with a requirement by the court to sign a written record of the examination; or

        (b)     before the day fixed for the examination, the person who applied for the summons or order satisfies the court that there is reason to believe that the person summoned or ordered to attend for examination has absconded or is about to abscond.

(2)       The court may—

        (a)     issue a warrant for the arrest of the person summoned or ordered to attend for examination; and

        (b)     make any other orders that the court considers just or necessary.