Proceedings
15.—(1) Proceedings against a person for an offence may be taken before the appropriate court in the Territory having jurisdiction in the place where that person is for the time being.
(2) Summary proceedings for an offence alleged to have been committed outside the Territory may be instituted within the period of 12 months beginning with the date on which the person charged first enters the Territory after committing the offence.
(3) Proceedings for an offence must not be instituted in the Territory except with the consent of the principal public officer of the Territory responsible for criminal prosecutions.
(4) Nothing in paragraph (3) prevents—
(a)the arrest, or the issue or execution of a warrant for the arrest, of any person in respect of an offence, or
(b)the remand in custody or on bail of any person charged with an offence.
(5) A reference in this article to an offence is to an offence under this Order.