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SERVICE AND EXECUTION OF PROCESS ACT 1992 - SECT 82

Persons subject to warrants may be apprehended

  (1)   Subject to subsection   ( 2), the person named in a warrant issued in a State may be apprehended in another State.

  (2)   This section does not apply in relation to a person who is in prison.

  (3)   The person may be apprehended by:

  (a)   an officer of the police force of the State in which the person is found; or

  (b)   the Sheriff of that State, or any of the Sheriff's officers; or

  (c)   a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police.

  (4)   It is not necessary to produce the warrant when the person is apprehended.

  (5)   Even though a person has been released under subsection   83(3), (4) or (7), the person may be re - apprehended under the same warrant.

  (6)   The warrant or a copy of the warrant must be produced when the person is re - apprehended.



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