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Corresponding offence.
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26.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion in section 42 of the following subsections:
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“(2) For the purposes of this Part an offence under the law of a place to which this Part applies corresponds to an offence under the law of the State where the act constituting the offence under the law of that place would, if done in the State, constitute an offence under the law of the State punishable—
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(a) on indictment, or
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(b) on summary conviction by imprisonment for a maximum term of not less than 6 months or by a more severe penalty.
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(3) For the purposes of this Part, an offence specified in a warrant corresponds with an offence under the law of the State if—
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(a) the act constituting the offence so specified would, if done in the State on the day the warrant is produced under section 43(1)(b), constitute an offence under the law of the State, or
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(b) in the case of an offence so specified consisting of one or more acts including any act committed in the State, such act constituted an offence under the law of the State on the day on which it was committed or alleged to have been committed.”.
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