Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00749:section:4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00749
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4
Character Range: 12731–13643

4  Abscond
  For the purposes of this Act, other than subsection 19(2), a person is to be taken to abscond in connection with an offence if and only if:
 (a) the person is charged with the offence; and
 (b) a warrant for the arrest of the person is issued in relation to that information; and
 (c) one of the following happens:
 (i) at the end of the period of 6 months starting 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 Australia, extradition proceedings are not on foot;
 (ii) at the end of the period of 6 months starting on the day on which the warrant is issued:
 (A) the person is not amenable to justice because he or she is outside Australia; and
 (B) extradition proceedings are on foot;
  and those proceedings later end without an order for the person's extradition.