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Police Administration Act 1978
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129 Period of apprehension
(1) Subject to this Division, a person who has been apprehended and
taken into custody under section 128 shall be held in the custody of
a member of the Police Force, but only for so long as it reasonably
appears to the member of the Police Force in whose custody he is
held that the person remains intoxicated.
(2) Subject to this Division, where it reasonably appears to a member
of the Police Force in whose custody a person is held at the time
under this section that the person is no longer intoxicated, the
member shall, without any further or other authority than this
subsection, release that person or cause him to be released from
custody.
(3) A person who has been taken into custody under section 128 and
who is in custody after midnight and before half past 7 o'clock in the
morning on that day, may be held in custody until half past 7 o'clock
in the morning on that day, notwithstanding that the person is no
longer intoxicated.