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Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
58DHDealings with property given as security for bail
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#### 58DH Dealings with property given as security for bail
A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is:
(i) an accused who has signed a bail undertaking; or
(ii) a person who has signed a third party security undertaking made in relation to the accused’s bail; and
(b) the person has, under that undertaking, undertaken to forfeit security if the accused does not appear before the Court in accordance with the accused’s bail undertaking; and
(c) while the person’s undertaking is in force, the person:
(i) disposes of, or otherwise deals with, any of that security that is not money; and
(ii) intends by this to prevent the forfeiture of the security, to destroy the security or to reduce its value.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.