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Paragraph 18.6 Terms of a warrant of commitment or detention: general rulesI1

England and Wales Not yet in force

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(1)

A warrant of commitment or detention must require—

(a)

the persons to whom it is directed to—

(i)

arrest the relevant person, if he is at large,

(ii)

take him to the prison or place specified in the warrant, and

(iii)

deliver him with the warrant to the governor or keeper of that prison or place; and

(b)

the governor or keeper to keep the relevant person in custody at that prison or place—

(i)

for as long as the warrant requires, or

(ii)

until he is delivered, in accordance with the law, to the court or other proper place or person.

(2)

Where the justice issuing a warrant of commitment or detention is aware that the relevant person is already detained in a prison or other place of detention, the warrant must be delivered to the governor or keeper of that prison or place.

[Note. Rule 18.6(1) does not apply to a warrant committing a person to customs detention under section 152 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988; see rule 18.7(2). Where rule 18.12 applies (place of detention), the relevant person may be taken to a prison or other place which is not specified in the warrant.]

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Sch. 2 para. 18.6 in force at 3.4.2006, see rule 1