Prisoners entitled to be discharged

(1) At the conclusion of every sitting of the court, the court shall discharge all prisoners not under sentence remaining in the prison of the district in which the sitting is held, who, by the law of Belize for the time being in force and, in default of that law, and so far as it does not extend, by the law of England for the time being in force, would be then entitled to their discharge upon gaol delivery, and also all other accused persons committed for trial at the sitting and remaining untried who, by the law aforesaid, would be entitled to that discharge. (2) The court may also discharge all prisoners remaining in that prison in default of sureties to keep the peace who, in the opinion of the court, ought to be so discharged. (3) In this section, “district” means a district appointed under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act for the holding of sittings of Division 1 21 Enforcing Appearance of Accused Person and Search Warrant