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NATIONAL CRIME AUTHORITY ACT 1984 No. 41, 1984 - SECT 31 Warrant for arrest of witness

NATIONAL CRIME AUTHORITY ACT 1984 No. 41, 1984 - SECT 31

Warrant for arrest of witness
31. (1) Where, upon application by or on behalf of the Authority, a Judge of
the Federal Court sitting in chambers is satisfied by evidence on oath that
there are reasonable grounds to believe that a person who has been ordered,
under section 24, to deliver his passport to the Authority, whether or not he
has complied with the order, is nevertheless likely to leave Australia for the
purpose of avoiding giving evidence before the Authority, the Judge may issue
a warrant for the apprehension of the person.

(2) The warrant may be executed by any member of the Australian Federal Police
or of the Police Force of a State or Territory, or by any person to whom it is
addressed, and the person executing it has power to break into and enter any
place, building or vessel for the purpose of executing it.

(3) Where a person is apprehended in pursuance of a warrant under this
section, he shall be brought, as soon as practicable, before a Judge of the
Federal Court and the Judge may-

   (a)  admit the person to bail, with such security as the Judge thinks fit,
        on such conditions as he thinks necessary to ensure the appearance of
        the person as a witness before the Authority;

   (b)  order the continued detention of the person for the purposes of
        ensuring his appearance as such a witness; or

   (c)  order the release of the person.

(4) Where a person is under detention in pursuance of this section, he shall,
within 14 days after he was brought, or last brought, before a Judge of the
Federal Court in accordance with this section, or within such shorter or
longer time as a Judge has fixed upon the last previous appearance of the
person before a Judge under this section, be again brought before a Judge and
the Judge may thereupon exercise any of the powers of a Judge under
sub-section (3).