{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-justice-act-2006/schedule-10/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/48",
  "legislation_title": "Police and Justice Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-justice-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The court shall not remand a person for a period exceeding eight clear days except that—\n(a) if the court remands him on bail, it may remand him for a longer period if he and the other party consent, and\n(b) if the court adjourns a case under section 27(9) (remand for medical examination and report) the court may remand him for the period of adjournment.\n(2) Where the court has the power to remand a person in custody it may, if the remand is for a period not exceeding three clear days, commit him to the custody of a constable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 10 para. 4 in force at 6.4.2007 for E. by S.I. 2007/709, art. 4(b) (with art. 8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/48/schedule/10/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:30.533055+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}