Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 2012

If, on application by an examiner, a judge of the Supreme Court is satisfied by evidence on oath that there are reasonable grounds to believe—

that a person who has been ordered, under clause 18, to deliver his or her passport to the examiner, whether or not the person has complied with the order, is nevertheless likely to leave

that a person in relation to whom a summons has been issued under clause 4(1)—

has absconded or is likely to abscond; or

is otherwise attempting, or is otherwise likely to attempt, to evade service of the summons; or

that a person has committed an offence under clause 8(1) or is likely to do so, the judge may issue a warrant for the apprehension of the person.

The warrant may be executed by any person to whom it is addressed and the person executing it has power to break into and enter any premises or vehicle for the purpose of executing it.

The warrant may be executed even if the warrant is not at the time in the possession of the person executing it.

A person executing the warrant may only use such reasonable force as is necessary for the execution.

If a person is apprehended under the warrant, he or she must be brought, as soon as practicable, before a judge of the Supreme Court and the judge may—

admit the person to bail, with such security as the judge thinks fit, on such conditions as he or she thinks necessary to ensure the appearance of the person as a witness before the examiner; or

order the continued detention of the person for the purposes of ensuring his or her appearance as such a witness; or

order the release of the person.

If a person is under detention under this clause, he or she must, within 14 days after he or she was brought, or last brought, before a judge of the Supreme Court in accordance with this clause, or within such shorter or longer time as a judge has fixed upon the last previous appearance of the person before a judge under this clause, be again brought before a judge and the judge may then exercise any of the powers of a judge under subclause (5).

In this clause—