Cross-border Justice Act 2009
54Person taken into custody
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54 Person taken into custody (a) a police officer of another participating jurisdiction (the arresting jurisdiction) arrests a person under the law of the arresting jurisdiction: (i) whether with or without a warrant; and (ii) whether in the Territory or another participating (2) A police officer of the arresting jurisdiction may: (a) keep the person in custody in the Territory; and
Cross-border Justice Act 2009 32 (b) while the person is in custody, take the person to a police station, court or other place in the Territory for any purpose authorised under the law of the arresting jurisdiction as applied by its cross-border laws. (3) The law of the Territory does not apply in relation to the custody.