27. Section 17 of the Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):

“(3A) (a) Where a person is detained in a prison, whether on remand or serving a sentence of imprisonment, any warrant committing that person to any prison (whether the prison in which the person is currently detained, or any other prison) that is in force but which has not been executed, may properly be executed as if it committed the person to the prison where the person is currently detained.

(b) Paragraph (a) shall apply to any unexecuted warrant in respect of a person detained in a prison, whether such warrant was made—

(i) before or after the warrant in respect of which the person is detained in the prison concerned, and

(ii) before or after the coming into operation of this section.”.