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Rule 273 Warrants under section 236I1

England and Wales

(1)

When a person (‘P’) is arrested under a warrant issued under section 236 of the 1986 Act, the officer arresting P must as soon as reasonably practicable bring P before the court issuing the warrant in order that P may be examined.

(2)

If P cannot immediately be brought up for examination, the officer must deliver P into the custody of the governor of the prison named in the warrant (or where that prison is not able to accommodate P, the governor of such other prison with appropriate facilities which is able to accommodate P), who must keep that person in custody and produce P before the court as it may from time to time direct.

(3)

After arresting P, the officer must as soon as reasonably practicable report to the court the arrest or delivery into custody (as the case may be) of P and apply to the court to fix a venue for P’s examination.

(4)

The court shall appoint the earliest practicable time for the examination, and must—

(a)

direct the governor of the prison to produce P for examination at the time and place appointed; and

(b)

as soon as reasonably practicable give notice of the venue to the person who applied for the warrant.

(5)

Any property in P’s possession which may be seized must be—

(a)

lodged with, or otherwise dealt with as instructed by, whoever is specified in the warrant as authorised to receive it, or

(b)

kept by the officer seizing it pending the receipt of written orders from the court as to its disposal,

as may be directed by the court.

Annotations

Commencement

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Rule 273 in force at 30.6.2011, see rule 2