Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CORPORATIONS ACT 1989 No. 109 of 1989 - SECT 487

487. The Court, at any time before or after making a winding up order, on
proof of probable cause for believing that a contributory is about to leave
Australia or otherwise to abscond or to remove or conceal any of his or her
property for the purpose of evading payment of calls or of avoiding
examination respecting affairs of the company, may cause the contributory to
be arrested and held in custody and the books and movable personal property of
the contributory to be seized and safely kept until such time as the Court
orders.