(1)A person attending court who is not under arrest or has not been served with a summons may be detained by the court for examination for any offence which the court may deal with, and which from the evidence the person appears to have committed.
Section history
Section 122 — Detention of offender attending court
As in force on 31 December 2021.
The text below is this provision as reproduced in the Revised Edition that came into force on this date. A revised edition consolidates the law without changing its substance, so editorial amendments — such as renumbering, updated citations and formatting — may have been made but are not shown as a redline.
(2)The court may proceed against the person as though the person had been arrested or summoned.
(3)When the court proceeds against a person under this section during the course of a trial, it must begin the proceeding against the person separately.