Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts
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
(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
(B) extradition proceedings are on foot;
and subsequently those proceedings terminate without an order for the
person’s extradition being made.