South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts78A—Power of arrest in cases of certain offences committed outside the
State
(1) This section
applies to an offence—
(a) that
is an offence against the law of a State (other than this State) or a
Territory of the Commonwealth; and
(b) that
consists of an act or omission which, if it occurred in this State, would
constitute—
(i)
an indictable offence; or
(ii)
an offence punishable by imprisonment for two years or
more.
(2) Any police officer
may, without any warrant other than this Act, at any hour of the day or night,
apprehend a person whom the officer has reasonable cause to suspect of having
committed an offence to which this section applies.
(3) Subject to
section 78, a person apprehended pursuant to this section must be brought
as soon as practicable before the Magistrates Court and the Court—
(a) may
discharge the person; or
(b)
may—
(i)
admit the person to bail on such conditions and
guarantees as the Court thinks fit; or
(ii)
commit the person to custody,
pending the issue of a warrant for the person's apprehension under the law of
the State or Territory in which he or she is alleged to have committed the
offence, and the execution of that warrant.
(4) Where a person has
been detained or admitted to bail pursuant to subsection (3) and a
warrant for the person's apprehension is not issued and executed within a
reasonable time (not exceeding seven days), that person must be discharged
from custody or released from bail (as the case may require) by the Court.
(5) The provisions of
the Summary Procedure Act 1921 apply, with any necessary modifications,
in relation to proceedings under this section.