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Crime (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1993
6Meaning of "absconded"
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### 6 Meaning of "absconded"
> For the purposes of this Act, a person is taken to have absconded if and only if –
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> > > (a) the person has been charged with a serious offence; and
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> > > (b) a warrant for the arrest of the person has been issued in relation to the offence; and
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> > > (c) reasonable attempts to locate the person pursuant to the warrant have been unsuccessful during the period of 6 months commencing on the day the warrant was issued –
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> and the person is taken to have so absconded on the last day of that period of 6 months.