Absconding Debtors Act 1978

(1) A police officer may arrest without a warrant a debtor who is conditionally released from custody under section 17 and whom the officer reasonably suspects has failed, or is about to fail, to comply with a condition to which the debtor's release from custody was subject.

(2) A police officer who arrests a debtor under subsection (1) must within 24 hours of, or as soon as practicable after, the arrest of the debtor:

(a) if the order under which the debtor was released from custody was made by the Local Court – bring the debtor before the Local Court; or

(b) if that order was made by the Supreme Court – bring the debtor before a Supreme Court Judge.

(3) The Court referred to in subsection (2) may revoke the order under which the debtor was released if it is satisfied that:

(a) there has been a failure by the debtor to comply with a condition under which the debtor was released; or

(4) A Court that revokes an order under subsection (3) may make such further order as it thinks fit including any order which it could have made, had the revoked order not been made.