Power of Magistrates Court under s 128(2), 129(2) or 139(2)
140 Power of Magistrates Court under s 128(2), 129(2) or 139(2)
If—
a warrant issued under section 128(2), 129(2) or 139(2) directs that an offender be brought before the Supreme Court or a District Court; and
the offender can not be brought before the court because no sittings are being held at the time;
the warrant has effect as if it directed that the offender be brought before a Magistrates Court.
On an offender’s appearance before a Magistrates Court under subsection (1), the court must—
commit the offender to custody to be brought; or
grant bail to the offender on the condition that the offender appear;
before the Supreme Court or a District Court.
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