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:(b) the following subsection shall be added after that subsection—
 * “(4) The warrants to which subsection (3) above applies are
 * (a) a warrant to arrest a person in connection with an offence;
 * (b) without prejudice to paragraph (a) above, a warrant under section 186(3) of the Army Act 1955, section 186(3) of the Air Force Act 1955, section 105(3) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 or Schedule 5 to the Reserve Forces Act 1980 (desertion etc.);
 * (c) a warrant under-
 * (i) section 102 or 104 of the General Rate Act 1967 (insufficiency of distress);
 * (ii) section 18(4) of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978 (protection of parties to marriage and children of family); and
 * (iii) section 55, 76, 93 or 97 above.”.

   Detention-conditions and duration

34.—(1) A person arrested for an offence shall not be kept in police detention except in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, if at any time a custody officer—
 * (a) becomes aware, in relation to any person in police detention, that the grounds for the detention of that person have ceased to apply; and
 * (b) is not aware of any other grounds on which the continued detention of that person could be justified under the provisions of this Part of this Act,

it shall be the duty of the custody officer, subject to subsection (4) below, to order his immediate release from custody.

(3) No person in police detention shall be released except on the authority of a custody officer at the police station where his detention was authorised or, if it was authorised at more than one station, a custody officer at the station where it was last authorised.

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