Section 20: Presence of detainee in Court
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20. Presence of detainee in Court
(1) Where the presence of a detainee is required in a Court, the Court
may issue an order addressed to the officer in charge requiring him to produce the detainee before the Court at the time and place specified in the order, and the officer in charge shall deliver that detainee into police custody in
time for him to be brought before the Court which issued the order.
(2) Every detainee who is on remand or committal for trial and whose attendance is required in a Court shall—
(a) for that purpose be taken into police custody at the institution to
which he has been committed; and
(b) remain under police custody until returned to the institution or
discharged by the Court.
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- If a court needs me to attend, must the institution deliver me into police custody in time to appear?