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FEDERAL COURTS (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 2001 (NO. 11 OF 2001) - SECT 44

Section 20 amended (Warrant for arrest of witness)

Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:
(1)  Where, upon application by or on behalf of the Authority, a Judge of the Supreme Court is satisfied by evidence on oath that there are reasonable grounds to believe –
(a) that a person who has been ordered, under section 24 of the Commonwealth Act, to deliver the person's passport to the Authority, whether or not the person has complied with the order, is nevertheless likely to leave Australia for the purpose of avoiding giving evidence before the Authority; or
(b) that a person in relation to whom a summons has been issued under section 17 (1) –
(i) has absconded or is likely to abscond; or
(ii) is otherwise attempting, or is otherwise likely to attempt, to evade service of the summons; or
(c) that a person has committed an offence under section 19 (1) or is likely to do so –
the Judge may issue a warrant for the apprehension of the person.
(b) by omitting from subsection (3) "of the Federal Court or" ;
(c) by omitting from subsection (4) "of the Federal Court or" .



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