# Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1987 (repealed 27.8.1991), Section 2: Maximum period of remand in custody in case of scheduled offences.

Extent: N.I.

The following section shall be inserted after section 3 of the 1978 Act—
“ Maximum period of remand in custody in case of scheduled offences.
3A Notwithstanding Article 47(2) and (3) of the Magistrates’ 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.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/30/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1987-repealed-2781991/section-2
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