JUSTICES ACT 1902 - SECT 34 How defendant to be dealt with during period of adjournment

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JUSTICES ACT 1902 - SECT 34

34 How defendant to be dealt with during period of adjournment

(1) Where the hearing is adjourned under section 30, section 33, or section 41, the Justice or Justices may, subject to the Bail Act 1978 :

(a) remand the defendant to a correctional centre, police station or court cell complex during such adjournment, or

(b) if the adjournment is for a period not exceeding three clear days, verbally order any constable or other person by name to keep the defendant in his or her custody, and bring the defendant before the Justice or Justices acting at the time and place to which the hearing is adjourned.

Provided that where the defendant remains in custody any Justice or Justices may order the defendant to be brought before the Justice or Justices or any other Justice or Justices at any time before the expiration of the time for which the hearing was adjourned, and the gaoler or officer in whose custody the defendant then is shall duly obey such order.

(2) Where a person is remanded to a correctional centre, police station or court cell complex pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (1), the warrant so remanding such person may be signed by any Justice.