Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

MAGISTRATES COURT ACT 1930 - SECT 112

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a defendant appears before the court for the hearing of an information for an offence; and

        (b)     the information is substantiated by the oath of the informant or a witness; and

        (c)     the court adjourns or postpones the hearing or further hearing; and

        (d)     the defendant is told of the time and place of the adjourned or postponed hearing or further hearing; and

        (e)     the defendant does not appear before the court at the adjourned or postponed hearing or further hearing.

    (2)     The court may issue a warrant for the arrest of the defendant and to bring the defendant before the court at the adjourned or postponed hearing or further hearing.