Criminal Justice Act, 1951

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Proceedings on arrest.

15.—(1) A person charged with an offence shall on arrest be brought before a Justice of the District Court having jurisdiction to deal with it, if a Justice is immediately available.

(2) If not, he shall be brought as soon as may be before a Peace Commissioner in the district of such a Justice.

(3) If he is brought before a Peace Commissioner, the Commissioner, having heard the evidence offered, shall remand him, either in custody or on such bail as the Commissioner thinks fit, and remit the case for hearing before a Justice of the District Court having jurisdiction to deal with it.

(4) If the accused is remanded on bail and there and then finds bail, the case shall be remitted to the next sitting of the Court.

(5) In any other event, the case shall be remitted to a sitting of the Court at a named place to be held within eight days after the arrest.