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and may be transferred from the custody of any such officer (including the Superintendent of the House of Detention), to the custody of any other such officer (in- cluding the Superintendent of the House of Detention) whenever the officer in whose custody such person is thinks it desirable.
(4) Whenever any claim is referred to the Chief Justice under section 5, or whenever any matter is referred to the Chief Justice under section 6, the defendant inay be detained in custody, without the issue of any warrant for further detention, until fourteen days after the date of the judge's certificate under such section, excluding such date, in all respects as if a warrant for further detention had been issued and was current, and may be transferred from one custody to another in all respects as if a warrant for further detention had been issued and was current. Upon any such reference to the Chief Justice as is referred to in this section a notice in the form provided in the Schedule as Form No. 9 may be sent to the Superin- Schedule. tendent of the House of Detention, and such notice shall Form No. 9. be sufficient authority for the detention of the defendant in accordance with the provisions of this sub-section. Upon the receipt by the Colonial Secretary of the sealed copy of the judge's certificate under either of the aforesaid sections the Colonial Secretary shall cause to be sent to the Superintendent of the House of Detention a notice in the form provide in the Schedule as Form No. 10.
(5) Upon the making of any arrest under any detention warrant issued under this section the true date of the arrest shall be endorsed on such detention warrant by the officer making the arrest in the form provided in the Schedule as part of Form No. 7.
Schedule. Form No. 10.
Schedule. Form No. 7.
(6) The Colonial Secretary by direction of the Governor may at any time by an order in the form provided in the Schedule as Form No. 11 order the release of any defen- Schedule. dant who is in custody under this Ordinance and such Form No. 11. defendant shall thereupon be released from custody as
regards the deportation proceedings in question.
(7) It shall be lawful to issue a detention warrant under this section, and to execute such warrant, although the person for whose arrest it is issued is in custody on some other warrant or authority, whether issued or existing under this Ordinance or not, and after the execution of such detention warrant the provisions or this section shall, during the currency of such detention warrant or of any warrant for further detention issued in such case under the provisions of sub-section (2), apply to such case as if the person in question were in custody only under such detention warrant or warrant for further detention, without prejudice however to any right to detain such person under the warrant or other authority under which he was detained at the time of the execution of such detention warrant.
(8) Whenever it appears to the Governor or to the Governor in Council to be desirable that any person whose deportation is proposed, and who is in custody under some warrant or authority not issued or existing under this Ordinance, should be removed temporarily, from any prison in which he may be, for the purpose of consideration or inquiry under this Ordinance, or for any other purpose connected therewith, it shall be lawful for the Governor under the hand of the Colonial Secretary to issue an order in the form provided in the Schedule as Form No. 12, Schedule. which shall be current for fourteen days from the day of Form No. 12. issue, including the day of issue, and during the currency of such order the person to whom it relates may from time to time be removed temporarily in the custody of any officer of the Prison Department from any prison in which such person may be, and may by such officer be taken in custody to any place or places at the discretion of such officer, and may be received into any prison, there to be detained under the warrant or other authority under which he was being detained immediately before he was removed
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