sec.796Helping courts, etc.

### sec.796 Helping courts, etc. This section applies if, under another Act or law, a tribunal has power— to lawfully order the apprehension or detention of a person, including under a warrant; or to order the exclusion or removal of a person from the place where the tribunal is sitting; or to give any other order or direction for which the help of a police officer may be reasonably necessary. It is the duty of a police officer to comply with any lawful direction, request, or order of the tribunal and any reasonable request the judge or other presiding officer may lawfully make. Also, it is the duty of a watch-house officer to comply with any lawful direction, request, or order of the tribunal and any reasonable request the judge or other presiding officer may lawfully make that relates to the presence or conduct of a person transferred under section 640 from a watch-house to a court cell who is present before the tribunal. In this section— tribunal means a court, inquest, inquiry, tribunal or other deliberative entity. s 796 (prev s 360) renum 2000 No. 22 s 26 amd 2006 No. 26 ss 82 , 3 sch 1 (sec.796-ssec.1) This section applies if, under another Act or law, a tribunal has power— to lawfully order the apprehension or detention of a person, including under a warrant; or to order the exclusion or removal of a person from the place where the tribunal is sitting; or to give any other order or direction for which the help of a police officer may be reasonably necessary. (sec.796-ssec.2) It is the duty of a police officer to comply with any lawful direction, request, or order of the tribunal and any reasonable request the judge or other presiding officer may lawfully make. (sec.796-ssec.3) Also, it is the duty of a watch-house officer to comply with any lawful direction, request, or order of the tribunal and any reasonable request the judge or other presiding officer may lawfully make that relates to the presence or conduct of a person transferred under section 640 from a watch-house to a court cell who is present before the tribunal. (sec.796-ssec.4) In this section— tribunal means a court, inquest, inquiry, tribunal or other deliberative entity. - (a) to lawfully order the apprehension or detention of a person, including under a warrant; or - (b) to order the exclusion or removal of a person from the place where the tribunal is sitting; or - (c) to give any other order or direction for which the help of a police officer may be reasonably necessary.