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In forceAmended2002 Revised Edition

Part 9 · Persons Detained for Safe Custody

94. Medical practitioner of choice

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Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2026.

The person must be allowed to be seen by a medical practitioner of the person’s choice on any working day at any reasonable time, and in the sight, but not in the hearing, of a prison officer if —

(a)

the person is awaiting trial; and

(b)

it is necessary for the purposes of the person’s defence in criminal proceedings in which the person is an accused person.

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