125Power to arrest interstate offenders

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

Police Administration Act 1978 98 (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.