Stockdale v Police - [1994] 3 NZLR 378

Criminal law — Police powers — Suspect detained in hotel room under Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 1978 — Expiry of warrant — Suspect arrested on charge of possessing heroin for supply shortly before expiry time — District Court Judge issuing warrant for detention in custody naming penal institution as Christchurch Prison — Police detaining suspect in police cells — Whether detention in police cells improper and unlawful — Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 1978, s 13A — Penal Institutions Act 1954, ss 12(2) and 14 — Summary Proceedings Act 1957, ss 46 and 47 — Summary Proceedings Regulations 1958 (SR 1958/38), First Schedule, Form 11.