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This legislation has been repealed.

PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 1991 NO 103 (REPEALED) - SECT 6

Meaning of absconding

For this Act (other than section 17), a person shall be taken to abscond in connection with an offence only if—

        (a)     an information is laid alleging the commission of the offence by the person; and

        (b)     a warrant for the arrest of the person is issued in relation to that information; and

        (c)     1 of the following occurs:

              (i)     the person dies without the warrant being executed;

              (ii)     at the end of the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which the warrant is issued—

    (A)     the person cannot be found; or

    (B)     the person is, for any other reason, not amenable to justice and, if the person is outside the ACT, extradition proceedings are not on foot;

              (iii)     at the end of the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which the warrant is issued—

    (A)     the person is, by reason of being outside the ACT, not amenable to justice; and

    (B)     extradition proceedings are on foot;

and subsequently those proceedings terminate without an order for the person's extradition being made.



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