Disposal of person apprehended upon warrant

(1) When any person is apprehended upon a warrant he shall be brought before a magistrate as soon after he is so arrested as practicable, and the magistrate shall either proceed with the preliminary inquiry or postpone it to a future time, in which latter case he shall either commit the accused person to prison, or admit him to bail, or permit him to be at large on his own recognisance, according to the provisions hereinafter contained. (2) The provisions of section 48 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Procedure) Act, relating to the taking of prints, shall apply where a person is brought before a magistrate charged with a crime, and sub- section (4) thereof shall have effect as if the words “that person is acquitted or discharged under section 38 of this Act” were substituted for the words “the complaint against him is dismissed” therein. CAP. 99. 26