Modification of section 46 of the Act (detention after charge)
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27. Section 46 of the Act(1), as applied by article 12, has effect as if for subsection (3) there were substituted—
“(3) If no magistrates’ court in that area is due to sit either on the date on which he is charged or on the next day, the custody officer at the customs office where he is kept in customs detention shall inform the designated officer for the area that there is a person in the area to whom subsection (2) applies.”.
(1)
Section 46 of the Act was amended by the Courts Act 2003(c.39), section 109(1), Schedule 8, paragraph 282.