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Section 3A Maximum period of remand in custody in case of scheduled offences.F1

Northern Ireland

Notwithstanding Article 47(2) and (3) of the M1Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, the period for which a person charged with a scheduled offence may be remanded in custody by a magistrates’ court shall be a period of not more than 28 days beginning with the day following that on which he is so remanded.

Annotations

Textual amendments

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S. 3A inserted by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1987 (c. 30, SIF 39:1), s. 2

Marginal citations

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1981/1675 (N.I. 26).

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

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Act repealed (27.8.1991) by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 24, SIF 39:1), ss. 69(1), 70(4), Schedule 8 PartI