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Person taken into custody

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Part 4Police officers of another participating jurisdiction exercising powers in State
Division 1Powers generally

54 Person taken into custody

(1)

Subsection (2) applies if —

(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 State or another participating jurisdiction;

and

(b)

the person has a connection with a cross‑border region.

(2)

A police officer of the arresting jurisdiction may —

(a)

keep the person in custody in the State; and

(b)

while the person is in custody, take the person to a police station, court or other place in the State for any purpose that is authorised under the law of the arresting jurisdiction as applied by its cross‑border laws.

(3)

The law of the State does not apply in relation to the custody.

[Section 54 amended: No. 1 of 2010 s. 8.]

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