South Australian Current Acts

DEBTORS ACT 1936 - SECT 4

4—Penalty for debtor absconding or attempting to abscond

If any debtor quits the State, or makes preparation for quitting the State, with intent—

            (a)         to defraud any creditor to whom, either alone or jointly with any other creditor or creditors, he is indebted to the amount of twenty dollars or upwards, whether on an unsatisfied judgment of a local court or otherwise; or

            (b)         to defraud any creditor who, alone or jointly with any other creditor or creditors, has sustained damage to the extent of forty dollars or upwards through breach of contract or through any tort on the part of the debtor,

he shall be guilty of an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.