Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person who is arrested under an indorsed New Zealand warrant or under a provisional arrest warrant shall be brought as soon as practicable before a magistrate or eligible Judge in the State or Territory in which the person is arrested.
(2) The person shall be remanded by a magistrate or eligible Judge in custody, or, subject to subsection ( 3), on bail, for such period or periods as may be necessary for proceedings for the purposes of section 33A or 34, or both, to be conducted.
(3) A magistrate or eligible Judge shall not remand the person on bail unless there are special circumstances justifying such remand.
(4) Where a magistrate or eligible Judge remands the person in
custody after the person has made an application for bail, the person is not
entitled to apply to any other magistrate or eligible Judge for release on
bail during that remand.