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CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 137

Delay to take person arrested before magistrate

137 Delay to take person arrested before magistrate

(1) Any person who, having arrested another upon a charge of an offence, wilfully and without lawful excuse delays to take the person before a justice to be dealt with according to law is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) For subsection (1)
(a) if the person carrying out the arrest is a police officer, it is sufficient if the person complies with the requirements of the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 393 ; and
(b) if the person carrying out the arrest is not a police officer, it is sufficient if the person immediately delivers the arrested person into the custody of a police officer as mentioned in section 552 (2) .



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