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PRISON ACT 1898 - SECT 11

Order for production of prisoner.

11.(1) [The Lord Lieutenant], 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.

(2) 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
[Lord Lieutenant] may by general rules prescribe, and whilst in that custody
shall be deemed to be in legal custody.

(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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