Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) A correctional officer or police officer may arrest an interstate prisoner who has escaped the custody of an interstate escort.
(2) An interstate prisoner must be taken before a magistrate if the prisoner:
(a) has been arrested under subsection (1); or
(b) attempts to escape from the custody of an interstate escort.
(3) Despite any corresponding permit issued to the interstate prisoner, the magistrate may, by warrant:
(a) order the return of the interstate prisoner to the participating State in which the permit was issued; and
(b) order the interstate prisoner to be delivered to an interstate escort for that purpose.
(4) The interstate prisoner may be detained by the Commissioner until:
(a) the interstate prisoner is delivered into the custody of an interstate escort under the warrant; or
(b) 7 days have elapsed since the warrant's issue.
(5) If the interstate prisoner is not delivered into the custody of an interstate escort within 7 days after the warrant's issue, the warrant expires.