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Section 59: When commitment not deemed invalid

DISTRICT AND INTERMEDIATE COURTS (CRIMINAL JURISDICTION) ACT, No · PART II: PRELIMINARY INQUIRY AND COMMITMENT FOR TRIAL

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59. When commitment not deemed invalid A warrant of commitment shall not be invalid if it shows, with reasonable certainty, that the person to whom it is directed has authority to receive and keep the prisoner, that the prisoner is committed for some offence of which he is accused or suspected, and in respect of which he may lawfully be committed and kept as directed by such commitment, and if it states the time of making such commitment, shows the place where it is made, either by statement in the body or in the margin of the warrant, and is signed by the Magistrate, or bears the seal of the District Court.

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