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70 Directions in, and authority of, warrant to imprison

A warrant to imprison—

(a)authorises the person to whom it is directed to break, enter and search any place where the person named in the warrant is suspected to be; and

(b)directs and authorises the person to whom it is directed to take and safely convey the person named in the warrant—and there to deliver the person to the officer in charge of the prison or police gaol; and

S. 70(b)(iii) repealed by No. 33/1994 s. 9(5).

(i)to a prison; or

(ii)if the warrant is issued under section 68(b), either to a prison or a police gaol;

S. 70(b)(ii) amended by No. 74/2000 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 75).

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(c)directs and authorises the Secretary to the Department of Justice or the Chief Commissioner of Police (as the case requires) or any other person into whose custody the person named in the warrant is transferred to receive that person into custody and safely keep that person—

S. 70(c) amended by No. 45/1996 s. 18(Sch. 2 item 9.1).

(i)for the period specified, or in the circumstances described, in the warrant; or

(ii)until that person is otherwise removed or discharged from custody by due course of law.