### sec.117 Person must be taken to holding cell or watch-house A person taken into custody under section 116 must, as soon as reasonably practicable— be taken by a police officer to a holding cell at a police station or police establishment and delivered into the custody of the most senior officer on duty at the station or establishment; or be taken by a police officer to a watch-house and delivered into the custody of the watch-house manager. See section 126 for safeguards that apply if a person taken into custody under section 116 is a child. s 117 amd 2016 No. 51 s 73 sch 1 - (a) be taken by a police officer to a holding cell at a police station or police establishment and delivered into the custody of the most senior officer on duty at the station or establishment; or - (b) be taken by a police officer to a watch-house and delivered into the custody of the watch-house manager.

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Section sec.117 - Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 - Person must be taken to holding cell or watch-house — Zoe