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Article 110 Warrants under Article 200 of the 1989 Order

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

A warrant issued by the court under Article 200 of the 1989 Order (inquiry into insolvent company’s dealings) shall be addressed to any constable.

(2)

In this Chapter references to property include books, papers and records.

(3)

When a person is arrested under a warrant issued under Article 200 of the 1989 Order, the constable arresting them shall as soon as reasonably practicable bring them before the court issuing the warrant in order that they may be examined.

(4)

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

(5)

After arresting the person named in the warrant, the constable shall as soon as reasonably practicable report to the court the arrest or delivery into custody (as the case may be) and apply to the court to fix a date for the person’s examination.

(6)

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

(a)

direct the governor of the prison to produce the person for examination at the time and place appointed, and

(b)

forthwith give notice of the date to the person who applied for the warrant.

(7)

Any property in the arrested person’s possession which may be seized shall 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 constable seizing it pending the receipt of written orders from the court as to its disposal,

as may be directed by the court.