182. Whenever, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred by sections 180 and 181, any justice of the peace, authorized to act as such, causes any person to be committed to gaol, such justice may cause such person to be committed to the house of detention nearest to the place where such order was given, and the keeper of such house of detention shall receive such person, and safely keep and detain him in such house of detention under his custody, until discharged in due course of law, or until bailed.
R. S. 1964, c. 20, s. 192; 1969, c. 21, s. 35.