South Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL ASSETS CONFISCATION ACT 2005 (NO 19 OF 2005) - SECT 4

4—Meaning of abscond

        (1)         For the purposes of this Act, a person is taken to "abscond" in connection with an offence if—

            (a)         an information or complaint is laid alleging the person committed the offence; and

            (b)         a warrant for the person’s arrest is issued in relation to that information or complaint; and

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

                  (i)         the person—

                        (A)         cannot be found; or

                        (B)         is, for any other reason, not amenable to justice and, if the person is in a jurisdiction outside Australia, extradition proceedings are not on foot in that jurisdiction; or

                  (ii)         —

                        (A)         the person is, because he or she is in a jurisdiction outside Australia, not amenable to justice; and

                        (B)         extradition proceedings are on foot in that jurisdiction,

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

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1), extradition proceedings are not taken to be on foot in a jurisdiction unless the person is in custody, or is on bail, in that jurisdiction.