Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if a corporation or officer of the corporation fails to comply with a subpoena or order requiring attendance to give evidence or produce a document or thing before the court or before an officer, examiner, referee or other person having authority to take evidence.
(2) The court may make an order for the issue of a warrant for--
(a) the arrest of the officer of the corporation to whom the subpoena was directed; and
(b) the production of the officer as required by the subpoena or order for the purpose of the proceeding; and
(c) the detention in custody of the officer until released by the court.
(3) However, if the subpoena was directed to the 'proper officer' of the corporation, the court may make an order for the issue of a warrant for the arrest of a particular officer only if it is proved that the officer had received the subpoena, or otherwise had actual knowledge of it.
(4) The court may order a corporation that did not attend as required by the subpoena or order to pay the costs and expenses resulting because the corporation did not comply with the subpoena or order.