13Procedure in proceedings under applied State or Territory law

##### 13 Procedure in proceedings under applied State or Territory law (1) Subject to this Act, proceedings (whether original or appellate) under any part of the provisions of the criminal laws in force in a State or Territory as applying by virtue of this Act shall be instituted and conducted in a State or Territory in the same manner as though they were proceedings under the law of that last‑mentioned State or Territory and all other proceedings in relation to any such proceedings (including declining to proceed further in a prosecution) shall also be taken as though the first‑mentioned proceedings were proceedings under that law. (2) Subsection (1) does not prevent: (a) the institution or conduct in a State, in accordance with a law of the Commonwealth other than this Act, of proceedings under any part of the provisions of the criminal laws in force in a State or Territory as applying by virtue of this Act if there is not in force an arrangement with the Governor of the first‑mentioned State under section 4; (b) the institution or conduct in the Northern Territory, in accordance with a law of the Commonwealth other than this Act, of proceedings under any part of the criminal laws in force in a State or Territory as applying by virtue of this Act if there is not in force an arrangement with the Administrator of the Northern Territory under section 4; or (c) the institution or conduct in a Territory other than the Northern Territory, in accordance with a law of the Commonwealth other than this Act, of proceedings under any part of the provisions of the criminal laws in force in a State or Territory as applying by virtue of this Act. (3) The trial on indictment of an offence against any part of the provisions of the criminal laws in force in a State or Territory as applying by virtue of this Act shall be by jury.