sec.8When a person is taken to be in the commissioner’s custody

### sec.8 When a person is taken to be in the commissioner’s custody If a person sentenced to a period of imprisonment or required by law to be detained for a period is, while being taken to a corrective services facility for detention, under the control of a police officer, the person is taken to be in the commissioner’s custody. When admitted to a watch house for detention, a person is taken to be in the commissioner’s custody, even if the person is lawfully outside the watch house, until the person— is discharged; or is lawfully given into another person’s custody. Subsections (1) and (2) apply despite the provisions of a warrant, record or order committing the person into someone else’s custody. (sec.8-ssec.1) If a person sentenced to a period of imprisonment or required by law to be detained for a period is, while being taken to a corrective services facility for detention, under the control of a police officer, the person is taken to be in the commissioner’s custody. (sec.8-ssec.2) When admitted to a watch house for detention, a person is taken to be in the commissioner’s custody, even if the person is lawfully outside the watch house, until the person— is discharged; or is lawfully given into another person’s custody. (sec.8-ssec.3) Subsections (1) and (2) apply despite the provisions of a warrant, record or order committing the person into someone else’s custody. - (a) is discharged; or - (b) is lawfully given into another person’s custody.