73Charging and arresting a person for contempt

73 Charging and arresting a person for contempt

S. 73(1) amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 1.116).

(1) If it appears to Integrity Oversight Victoria that a person is guilty of contempt, Integrity Oversight Victoria may—

(a) issue a certificate of charge—

(i) charging the person with contempt; and

(ii) setting out or attaching details of the alleged contempt; and

(b) issue an arrest warrant in the prescribed form to arrest the person.

(2) An arrest warrant—

S. 73(2)(a) substituted by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 179.4(a)).

(a) may be directed to a named police officer or all police officers; and

S. 73(2)(b) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 179.4(b)).

(b) authorises the police officer or police officers to whom it is directed to arrest the person named in the warrant.

(3) A person who is arrested under an arrest warrant—

(a) is to be brought before the Supreme Court without delay to be dealt with according to law; and

(b) may be detained in police custody in the meantime.

S. 74 inserted by No. 19/2012 s. 12, amended by No. 82/2012 s. 53.