PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 140 Power of Magistrates Court under s 128(2), 129(2) or 139(2)

PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 140

140 Power of Magistrates Court under s 128(2), 129(2) or 139(2)

(1) If—

(a) a warrant issued under section 128 (2) , 129 (2) or 139 (2) directs that an offender be brought before the Supreme Court or a District Court; and

(b) the offender can not be brought before the court because no sittings are being held at the time;

the warrant has effect as if it directed that the offender be brought before a Magistrates Court.

(2) On an offender’s appearance before a Magistrates Court under subsection (1) , the court must—

(a) commit the offender to custody to be brought; or

(b) grant bail to the offender on the condition that the offender appear;

before the Supreme Court or a District Court.