Queensland Consolidated Acts

PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 20

20 Contravention of order

(1) If a court that makes an order under section 19 (1) (b) , or a court of like jurisdiction, is satisfied that the offender has contravened a condition of the offender’s recognisance, the court may—

(a) forfeit the recognisance; and

(b) issue a warrant directed to all police officers to arrest and bring the offender before the court.

(1A) Also, without limiting subsection (1) , if the offender contravenes a relevant condition of the offender’s recognisance, the proper officer of the court may bring the offender back before the court by giving notice to the offender that the proceeding for the offence is to be heard by the court on a stated day.

(2) When the offender appears before the court, whether under the warrant issued under subsection (1) (b) or under a notice given under subsection (1A) , the court may—

(a) record a conviction and sentence the offender for the offence with which the offender was originally charged; or

(b) make any other order that the court could have made;

as if the offender had not been released on recognisance.

(3) In this section—

"relevant condition" means—

(a) a drug diversion condition; or

(b) a DAAR condition.