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Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000
36Securing the presence of suspects at hearings—suspect
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36 Securing the presence of suspects at hearings—suspect
in custody
(1) If the suspect is in the custody of a police officer or is otherwise
detained under territory law (the original custody), the magistrate
may, on the application of a police officer, issue a warrant directing
the person holding the suspect in the original custody to deliver the
suspect into the custody of the police officer (temporary custody) for
the hearing of an application for an order under this part.
(2) The police officer given temporary custody must return the suspect to
the place of the original custody—
(a) if the application for the order is refused—without delay; or
(b) if the order is made—without delay after the period after the
order is made that is reasonably necessary to carry out the