Text as at 15 April 2026

This provision has not been checked by a human. The text below was read automatically from the official PDF and has not yet been verified against it, so it may differ from the provision as published — in its wording, its numbering, or where one provision ends and the next begins. For the authorised text, see legislation.vic.gov.au.

81 Directions in, and authority of, remand warrant

A remand warrant—

(a)directs and authorises the person to whom it is directed to take and safely convey the person named in the warrant—

S. 81(a) amended by Nos 33/1994 s. 10(1)(a)(ii), 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1).

(i)to a prison; or

(ii)to a police gaol; or

S. 81(a)(ii) amended by No. 33/1994 s. 10(1)(a)(i).

(iii)if the Court has given a direction under section 333(1)(c) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009, to a youth justice centre—and there to deliver the person to the officer in charge of the prison or police gaol or into the custody of the Secretary to the Department of Human Services (as the case requires); and

S. 81(a)(iii) inserted by No. 33/1994 s. 10(1)(a)(i), amended by Nos 48/2006 s. 42(Sch. item 22.7), 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 82.38).

(b)directs and authorises the Secretary to the Department of Justice or the Chief Commissioner of Police or the Secretary to the Department of Human Services (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. 81(b) amended by Nos 33/1994 s. 10(1)(b), 45/1996 s. 18(Sch. 2 item 9.2), 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 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 by law.