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POLICE INTEGRITY ACT 2008 (NO. 34 OF 2008) - SECT 79

Charging and arresting a person for contempt

    (1)     If it is alleged or appears to the Director that a person is guilty of a contempt of the Director, the Director may—

        (a)     issue a written certificate charging the person with contempt and setting out or attaching details of the alleged contempt ( certificate of charge ); and

        (b)     issue a warrant to arrest the person ( arrest warrant ).

    (2)     An arrest warrant—

        (a)     may be directed to—

              (i)     a named member of Victoria Police; or

              (ii)     generally all members of Victoria Police; and

        (b)     authorises the person to whom it is directed to arrest the person named in the warrant.

    (3)     A person who is arrested under an arrest warrant—

        (a)     is to be brought before the Supreme Court forthwith to be dealt with according to law; and

        (b)     may be detained in police custody in the meantime.



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