20Persons suspected of, alleged to have committed or found

20 Persons suspected of, alleged to have committed or found guilty of offences (1) This section applies to a person who: (a) is suspected of having committed an offence under the law of a participating jurisdiction; or (b) is alleged to have committed an offence under the law of a participating jurisdiction; or (c) has been found guilty of an offence under the law of a (2) The person has a connection with a cross-border region if: (a) the offence is suspected of having been committed, or is alleged or was found to have been committed, in the region; or (b) at the time of the person's arrest for the offence: (i) the person is or was in the region; or (ii) the person ordinarily resides or resided in the region; or (c) when the offence is suspected of having been committed, or is alleged or was found to have been committed, the person ordinarily resides or resided in the region. (3) For a proceeding of a prescribed court of a participating jurisdiction in relation to the offence, the person also has a connection with a cross-border region if: (a) when the proceeding is heard, the person ordinarily resides in

Cross-border Justice Act 2009 15 (b) the proceeding is heard with another cross-border proceeding Note for section 20 For deciding whether or not a person has committed an offence under the law of a participating jurisdiction: (a) for the Territory – section 15 of the Criminal Code applies; or (b) for South Australia – section 5G of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) applies; or (c) for Western Australia – section 12 of the Criminal Code (WA) applies.