Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(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
(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.