Prisons Act · 2015 Revised Edition · Part IV · Custody and Removal of Prisoners
32. Production of persons before the court and elsewhere
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Whenever the presence of any person confined in a prison is required in any court of civil or criminal jurisdiction —
prison
“prison” means any house, building, enclosure, or place or any part thereof, declared to be a prison under section 3;
the court may issue an order in the prescribed form, addressed to the Officer-in-Charge requiring production before the
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court of such person in proper custody at the time and place to be named in the order;
the officer shall cause the person named in the order to be brought up as directed, and shall provide for his safe custody during his absence from prison; and
every such court may by endorsement on the order require the person named therein to be again brought up at any time to which the matter wherein such person is required may be adjourned.
The Director —
Director
“Director” means the Director of Prisons appointed under section 10 and includes the Assistant Director of Prisons;
on proof to his satisfaction or upon certificate of the
Attorney General certifying that the presence of any prisoner at any place in Brunei Darussalam is required in the interests of justice; or
for the purpose of any enquiry held under any written law in force in Brunei Darussalam, may by writing under his hand order that the prisoner be taken to that place.
A prisoner taken from a prison in pursuance of an order made under this section shall whilst outside that prison, be kept in such custody as the Officer-in-Charge or the Director may by writing under his hand direct and whilst in that custody shall be deemed to be in lawful custody.
prisoner
“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under confinement in any prison;
The interest of justice shall, without prejudice to the generality of such expression, be deemed to include medical observation or treatment, or both, of any prisoner suspected or alleged to be of unsound mind, or mentally disordered or defective.
Terms defined in s 2
Director
Defined · s 2“Director” means the Director of Prisons appointed under section 10 and includes the Assistant Director of Prisons;
Officer-in-Charge
Defined · s 2“Officer-in-Charge” means any prison officer not below the rank of Principal Officer who is in charge of any prisons;
prison
Defined · s 2“prison” means any house, building, enclosure, or place or any part thereof, declared to be a prison under section 3;
prisoner
Defined · s 2“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under confinement in any prison;
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