CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 242
Form of warrants of commitment
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 242
Form of warrants of commitment
242 Form of warrants of commitment
(1) A warrant to commit a person must be in the form prescribed by the rules.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the warrant must be directed to a person
permitted by the rules to execute the warrant and must do the following
things--
(a) name or describe the person to be committed,
(b) direct and
authorise the person to take and safely convey the named person to the
correctional centre or other place,
(c) direct the person to deliver the
named person to the officer in charge of the place,
(d) direct and authorise
the officer in charge of the place to receive the named person in custody and
to keep the named person in custody for the period specified, or in the
circumstances specified, or until the named person is otherwise lawfully
released from custody.
(3) A warrant to commit a witness to a correctional
centre, lock-up or a place of security must not require the witness to be kept
in custody for more than 7 days.
(4) An authorised officer may sign a warrant
to commit a person if a Judge or Magistrate has directed in writing that the
warrant be issued.
