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MAGISTRATES COURT (AMENDMENT) ACT 1996 (NO. 6 OF 1996) - SECT 15

Substitution

15. Section 152 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:

“152. (1) A warrant of commitment—

        (a)     shall require the police officer to whom it is directed to take the person named in the warrant to a prison mentioned in the warrant; and

        (b)     shall require the person in charge of the prison to which the person is taken to imprison the person in accordance with the warrant.

“(2) On the arrival at the prison of the person named in the warrant, the person in charge of the prison or a person authorised by him or her—

        (a)     shall sign the receipt on the warrant for the person; and

        (b)     shall complete the report on the warrant about the person's apparent physical condition and state of health.”.



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