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(a)
for the purpose of bringing that person before a court in execution of the
order of a court; or
(b)
upon reasonable suspicion of that person having committed, or being about
to commit, a criminal offence,
shall, unless sooner released, be brought without undue delay before a court.
(4)
Where a person arrested or detained pursuant to the provisions of subsection
(3), is not brought before a court within forty-eight hours of the arrest or detention, the burden
of proving that the provisions of subsection (3) have been complied with shall rest upon any
person alleging that compliance.
(5)
Where a person is brought before a court in execution of the order of a court in any
proceedings or upon any suspicion of that person having committed or being about to commit
an offence, that person shall not be further held in custody in connection with those
proceedings or that offence save upon the order of a court.
(6)
Where a person is arrested or detained
(a)
the next-of-kin of that person shall, at the request of that person, be informed
as soon as practicable of the arrest or detention and place of the arrest or
detention.
(b)
the next-of-kin, legal representative and personal doctor of that person shall
be allowed reasonable access and confidentiality to that person; and
(c)
that person shall be allowed reasonable access to medical treatment
including, at the request and at the cost of that person, access to private
medical treatment.
(7)
If a person is arrested or detained as mentioned in subsection (3) (b) then, without
prejudice to any further proceedings that may be brought against that person, that person
shall be released either unconditionally or upon reasonable conditions, including in particular
such conditions as are reasonably necessary to ensure that that person appears at a later
date for trial or for proceedings preliminary to trial.
(8)
A person who is unlawfully arrested or detained by any other person shall be entitled
to compensation from that other person or from any other person or authority on whose behalf
that other person was acting.
(9)
Where a person is convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment for an offence,
any period that person has spent in lawful custody in respect of that offence before the
completion of the trial of that person shall be taken into account in imposing the term of
imprisonment.
Protection from slavery and forced labour
17.
(1)
A person shall not be held in slavery or servitude.
(2)
(3)
A person shall not be required to perform forced labour.
For the purposes of this section, the expression “forced labour” does not include any
labour –
(a)
required in consequence of the sentence or order of a court;
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