6Meaning of absconding

#### 6 Meaning of absconding For the purposes of this Act (except section 17), a person shall be taken to abscond in connection with an offence if and only if: (a) an information is laid alleging the commission of the offence by the person; (b) a warrant for the arrest of the person is issued in relation to that information; and (c) one of the following occurs: (i) the person dies without the warrant being executed; (ii) at the end of the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which the warrant is issued: (A) the person cannot be found; or (B) the person is, for any other reason, not amenable to justice and, if the person is outside Australia, extradition proceedings are not on foot; (iii) at the end of the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which the warrant is issued: (A) the person is, by reason of being outside Australia, not amenable to justice; and (B) extradition proceedings are on foot; and subsequently those proceedings terminate without an order for the person’s extradition being made.