This legislation has been repealed.
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.