49Warrant of committal

49 Warrant of committal

49 Warrant of committal

(1) As soon as practicable after making a continuing detention order, interim detention order or emergency detention order in respect of an eligible offender, the Supreme Court must issue a warrant for the committal of the offender to a correctional centre for the period specified in the order.

(2) The warrant is sufficient authority—

(a) for any police officer to convey, or arrest and convey, the eligible offender to the correctional centre identified in the warrant, and

(b) for the governor of the correctional centre to keep the eligible offender in his or her custody in accordance with the terms of the warrant.