Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00169:section:6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00169
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6
Character Range: 28482–29518

6  Meaning of absconding
  For the purposes of this Act (except section 17), a person shall be taken to abscond in connection with an offence if and only if:
 (a) an information is laid alleging the commission of the offence by the person;
 (b) a warrant for the arrest of the person is issued in relation to that information; and
 (c) one 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 Australia, 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 Australia, 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.