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UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - REG 940 Procedure after arrest

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - REG 940

Procedure after arrest

940 Procedure after arrest

(1) A person who enforces a warrant for the arrest of a defendant must, as soon as practicable after enforcing it, take the defendant to the nearest suitable prison.
(2) The person in charge of the prison must hold the defendant in custody and within 24 hours, or as soon as practicable afterwards, bring the defendant before the court.
(3) A warrant on which the time and place of enforcement is written is sufficient authority for the officer in charge of the prison to hold the defendant in custody.