Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 213

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a person; and

        (b)     a police officer encounters the person or is otherwise in a position to arrest the person but is not carrying the warrant at the time.

    (2)     If this section applies, the police officer may—

        (a)     arrest the person; and

        (b)     for a warrant for the arrest of a person for the commission of an offence—cause the person (and any property found in the person's possession) to be brought before a magistrate to be dealt with according to law.

    (3)     In this section:

"warrant" means an arrest warrant or a warrant of commitment issued under a law of the Territory, the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory.