Section 32
of Prisons Act
Section 32
(1)
Whenever the presence of any person confined in a prison is required in any court of civil or criminal jurisdiction —
(a)
the court may issue an order in the prescribed form, addressed to the Officer-in-Charge requiring production before the
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court of such person in proper custody at the time and place to be named in the order;
(b)
the officer shall cause the person named in the order to be brought up as directed, and shall provide for his safe custody during his absence from prison; and
(c)
every such court may by endorsement on the order require the person named therein to be again brought up at any time to which the matter wherein such person is required may be adjourned.
(2)
The Director —
(a)
on proof to his satisfaction or upon certificate of the
Attorney General certifying that the presence of any prisoner at any place in Brunei Darussalam is required in the interests of justice; or
(b)
for the purpose of any enquiry held under any written law in force in Brunei Darussalam, may by writing under his hand order that the prisoner be taken to that place.
(3)
A prisoner taken from a prison in pursuance of an order made under this section shall whilst outside that prison, be kept in such custody as the Officer-in-Charge or the Director may by writing under his hand direct and whilst in that custody shall be deemed to be in lawful custody.
(4)
The interest of justice shall, without prejudice to the generality of such expression, be deemed to include medical observation or treatment, or both, of any prisoner suspected or alleged to be of unsound mind, or mentally disordered or defective.
Discharge of prisoners.