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Police Administration Act 1978
125Power to arrest interstate offenders
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125 Power to arrest interstate offenders
(1) A member of the Police Force may, without warrant, arrest and take
into custody a person if the member believes on reasonable
grounds that the person has, in a State or another Territory,
committed an offence against the law of that State or Territory and
there is under the law of the Northern Territory a similar offence that
is punishable by imprisonment for a period exceeding 6 months.
(3) The court before whom a person arrested under subsection (1) is
brought may:
(a) discharge the person;
(b) grant the person bail in accordance with the Bail Act 1982 as if
the person had been charged with the similar offence
mentioned in subsection (1); or
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(c) authorise the detention of the person for a reasonable time
pending the endorsement, under the Service and Execution of
Process Act 1992 of the Commonwealth, of a warrant issued
in the State or Territory in which the offence was committed.