(1) The President of the High Court of the place of arrest or detention of a person or any other
judge of the said court shall have jurisdiction to hear applications for immediate release based
on grounds of illegality of arrest or detention or failure to observe the formalities as provided by
law.
(2) He shall also have jurisdiction to deal with applications filed against administrative remand
measures.
(3) The application shall be filed either by the person arrested or detained or detained or on his
behalf by anyone else. Such application shall be unstamped.
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In force from 27 July 2005
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