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Order for production of prisoner.
16 & 17 Vict. c. 30.
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11.—(1) A Secretary of State, on proof to his satisfaction that the presence of any prisoner at any place is required in the interest of justice, or for the purpose of any public inquiry, may by writing under his hand order that the prisoner be taken to that place.
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(2) A prisoner taken from a prison in pursuance of an order made under this section, or of a warrant issued under section nine of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1853, shall, whilst outside that prison, be kept in such custody as the Secretary of State may by general rules prescribe, and whilst in that custody shall be deemed to be in legal custody.
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(3) For the purposes of this section, the expression “prisoner” shall include any person lawfully confined under any sentence or under commitment for trial or otherwise, and the expression “prison” shall include any place in which any such person is lawfully confined.
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