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Justices Act 1959
54Detainer of prisoner in gaol
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### 54 Detainer of prisoner in gaol
> If a person so indicted as mentioned in [section 51](#GS51@EN) is, at the time of the production of the certificate under that section to the justice, confined in gaol for any other offence than that charged in the indictment, the justice, upon proof upon oath that the person indicted and the person so confined are one and the same, shall issue his warrant directed to the gaoler of the gaol in which the person indicted is then confined, commanding him to detain that person in his custody until he is lawfully removed therefrom for the purpose of being tried upon the indictment, or until he is otherwise removed or discharged out of his custody by due course of law.