New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) If a person is arrested under section 50 of the Domestic Violence Act 1995 and charged with an offence against section 49 of that Act, the person must not be released on bail by a Police employee under section 21 during the 24 hours immediately following the arrest.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) limits or affects the obligation of the Police to bring a person who is charged with an offence before a court as soon as possible.
(3) If a person to whom subsection (1) applies is not brought before a court during the 24 hours immediately following the arrest, the person may, at the expiry of that period, be released on bail by a Police employee under section 21.
(4) If a person to whom subsection (1) applies has also been charged with 1 or more other offences arising out of the same incident, the person must not be released on bail by a Police employee under section 21 in respect of any of those offences during the 24 hours immediately following the arrest for an offence against section 49 of the Domestic Violence Act 1995.
Compare: 1995 No 86 s 51
Section 23(1): amended, on 1 October 2008, by section 130(1) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).
Section 23(3): amended, on 1 October 2008, by section 130(1) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).
Section 23(4): amended, on 28 October 2009, by section 7 of the Bail Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 45).
Section 23(4): amended, on 1 October 2008, by section 130(1) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).
