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Section 39 — Senior Courts Act 2016: Persons arrested by Sheriffs may be committed to prison at once
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39 Persons arrested by Sheriffs may be committed to prison at once A Sheriff, Sheriff’s officer, bailiff, or any other person employed to assist the Sheriff who arrests any person under or by virtue of any writ or process that authorises the committal of the arrested person may, without delay, take steps to have the arrested person taken to a prison and committed there. Compare: 1908 No 89 s 36
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