87- وتنص المادة 189 منه على أنه: "الأمر بالحبس الصادر من النيابة العامة لا يكون نافذ المفعول إلا لمدة السبعة الأيام التالية للقبض على المتهم أو تسليمه إليها إذا كان مقبوضاً عليه من قبل. ولا يجوز تنفيذ أوامر الضبط والإحضار أو الحبس الصادرة من النيابة العامة بعد مضي ستة أشهر من تاريخ صدورها ما لم تعتمدها لمدة أخرى".
According to article 172 of the Code: “Without prejudice to the provisions of chapter II, section II, of the present Code, no person may be arrested or detained unless under the terms of a legally substantiated order issued by the Department of Public Prosecutions or a court.” According to article 174 of the Code: “The court and the investigating officer may arrest or summon any person to appear, if there is strong enough evidence to charge him with the commission of a crime.” According to article 175: “If the accused person fails to appear for no good reason after having been summoned to do so, or if it is feared that he may flee, or if he has no known address, or there are witnesses to the crime, the investigator may issue a warrant for that person's arrest, even if the offence is not one for which a person may be remanded in custody.” According to article 176 of the Code: “The Department of Public Prosecutions may not remand a person in custody pending an investigation for longer than a period of seven days and the remand order shall not be extended unless pursuant to an order issued by a judge of the competent court.” Article 189 of the Code stipulates: “A remand order issued by the Department of Public Prosecutions shall be valid for a period of only seven days following the date of the arrest of the accused person or, if he was already in custody, of his surrender to the Department.