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Paragraph 18.4 Commitment to custody must be by warrantI1

England and Wales Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

A justice of the peace must issue a warrant of commitment when committing a person to—

(a)

a prison;

(b)

a young offender institution;

(c)

a remand centre;

(d)

detention at a police station under section 128(7) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980; or

(e)

customs detention under section 152 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988f1.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 2 para. 18.4 in force at 3.4.2006, see rule 1

Footnotes

f1

1988 (c. 33); section 152 was amended by the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), Schedule 11, paragraphs 1 and 17(1) and (6) and is further amended by the Drugs Act 2005 (c. 17), section 8, with effect from a date to be appointed.