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AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION (SOUTH AUSTRALIA) ACT 2004 - SECT 26B

26B—Supreme Court to deal with contempt

        (1)         If an examiner is of the opinion that, during an examination before the examiner, a person is in contempt of the ACC, the examiner may apply to the Supreme Court for the person to be dealt with in relation to the contempt.

        (2)         Before making the application, the examiner must inform the person that the examiner proposes to make the application.

        (3)         The application must be accompanied by a certificate that states—

            (a)         the grounds for making the application; and

            (b)         evidence in support of the application.

        (4)         A copy of the certificate must be given to the person before, or at the same time as, the application is made.

        (5)         If, after—

            (a)         considering the matters specified in the certificate; and

            (b)         hearing or receiving any evidence or statements by or in support of the ACC; and

            (c)         hearing or receiving any evidence or statements by or in support of the person,

the Supreme Court finds that the person was in contempt of the ACC, the Court may deal with the person as if the acts or omissions involved constituted a contempt of that Court.



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