22. Absconded persons
Feedback & supportFor the purposes of this Act, a person shall be taken to be convicted of a drug trafficking offence if the person absconds in connection with the drug trafficking offence and any reference in Part II to the defendant shall include reference to such a person.
drug trafficking offence
“drug trafficking offence” means —(a)any of the offences specified in the Schedule;(b)conspiracy to commit any of those offences;(c)inciting another to commit any of those offences;(d)attempting to commit any of those offences; or(e)aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of any of those offences;
For the purposes of subsection (1), a person shall be taken to abscond in connection with a drug trafficking offence if whether before or after the commencement of this Act —
investigations for a drug trafficking offence have been commenced against the person; and
(i)the person dies before proceedings in respect of the offence were instituted, or if such proceedings were instituted, the person dies before he is convicted; or
at the end of the period of 6 months from the date on which investigations referred to in paragraph (a) were commenced against him, the person cannot be found or he is not amenable to extradition proceedings.