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Justices Act 1886
sec.101Committal of person who has been apprehended
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### sec.101 Committal of person who has been apprehended
Upon its being proved on oath before justices that a person apprehended under a warrant issued under section 100 or issued by order of a judge of the Supreme Court, or of the District Court, is identical with the person who has been informed against, the justices shall, without further inquiry or examination commit the person to be dealt with according to law by the court in which the information concerned has been presented and, in the meantime, may commit that person to prison or grant the person bail and the provisions of this part relating to the committal to prison of a defendant committed by justices to be tried for an indictable offence shall apply with respect to a person committed to a court under this section who, for this purpose, shall be deemed to be a person charged before the justices with the offence with which the person has been charged in the information presented against the person.
s 101 sub 1964 No. 32 s 38
amd 1980 No. 35 s 4 (1) sch 1 ; 1992 No. 40 s 60 ; 1999 No. 19 s 3 sch ; 2000 No. 63 s 276 sch 2