(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 119 (2), the period of remand in police custody shall be extended, where applicable, having regard to the distance between the place of arrest and the police station or the gendarmerie brigade where such remand has to be effected.
(2) The extension shall be twenty-four (24) hours for every fifty (50) kilometres.
(3) Mention of this fact shall be made on the report of arrest.
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In force from 27-07-2005
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