Debtor to be brought before Court
11 Debtor to be brought before Court
(1) A person who executes a warrant issued under Part 2 must immediately take the debtor to the nearest police station.
(2) The police officer in charge of a police station to whom a debtor is brought in pursuance of subsection (1) must:
hold the debtor in custody; and
(b) within 24 hours of, or as soon as practicable after, receiving the debtor into custody, bring the debtor:
(i) if the debt claimed is not more than the Local Court's jurisdictional limit – before a Court; or
(ii) if the debt claimed is more than that limit – before the Supreme Court.
(3) An endorsement in accordance with section 9 is sufficient authority for a General Manager (as defined in section 10 of the Correctional Services Act 2014, to receive the debtor named in the warrant into custody.
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