# Summary Jurisdiction and Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1958, Section 16: Recognizances before governors or deputy governors of prisons.

Extent: N.I.

(1) Where any provision of the Summary Jurisdiction Acts (Northern Ireland) or of any other enactment operates to require or authorise any recognizance to be entered into before a resident magistrate or justice of the peace such recognizance may, in relation to any person who is in custody in a prison, be entered into before the governor or deputy governor of that prison.
(2) A recognizance entered into under the preceding sub-section shall, as soon as practicable, be transmitted to the clerk of petty sessions .
(3) In this section “prison” has the same meaning as in the Prison Act (Northern Ireland), 1953 1953 c.18.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1958/9/section/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/summary-jurisdiction-and-criminal-justice-act-northern-ireland-1958/section-16
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