Legislation
SECTION 54
Arraignments outside the county
New York City Criminal Court Act (CRC) CHAPTER 697, ARTICLE 5
§ 54. Arraignments outside the county. In furtherance and not by way
of limitation of section thirty of this act, a judge of the court, in
his capacity as a magistrate, shall have power to arraign a defendant,
or conduct a hearing upon any charge, in any county of the city of New
York at the place where a defendant or material witness may be confined
or hospitalized.
of limitation of section thirty of this act, a judge of the court, in
his capacity as a magistrate, shall have power to arraign a defendant,
or conduct a hearing upon any charge, in any county of the city of New
York at the place where a defendant or material witness may be confined
or hospitalized.