New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 109

109 Accused person to be committed to correctional centre

(1) An accused person who is committed for trial or sentence in any committal proceedings must be committed to a correctional centre by the Magistrate until the sittings of the court at which the person is to be tried or dealt with or until the accused person is otherwise released by operation of law.

(2) A Magistrate may order the issue of a warrant under this section.

(3) An authorised officer may, for the purposes of this section, issue a warrant to arrest the accused person.

(4) An authorised officer before whom an accused person is brought on arrest on a warrant issued under this section may issue a warrant--

(a) committing the accused person to a correctional centre or other place of security, and

(b) ordering the accused person to be brought before a court at the time and place specified in the order.

Note--: Part 4 of Chapter 4 sets out procedures for arrest warrants and warrants of commitment generally.
The Bail Act 2013 provides for the circumstances when such a person must or may be granted bail rather than be held in prison.