CHAPTER 7
ARREST
Warrant of arrest may be issued by district magistrate or justice of the peace
45. (1) A district magistrate or justice of the peace may issue a warrant for the arrest of a person on the written application of a member of the police of the rank of commissioned officer -
(a) which sets out the offence alleged to have been committed ;
(b) which alleges that the offence in question was committed within the area of jurisdiction of the district magistrate or, in the case of a justice of the peace, within the area of jurisdiction of the district magistrate within whose district or area application is made to the justice of the peace for the warrant of arrest, or where the offence was not committed within that area of jurisdiction, which alleges that the person in respect of whom the application is made, is known or is on reasonable grounds suspected to be within that area of jurisdiction ; and
(c) which states that from information taken on oath there is a reasonable suspicion that the person in respect of whom the warrant of arrest is applied for has committed the alleged offence.
Contents of request
Contents of request for arrest and surrender
Contents of request for arrest and surrender - national law requirements
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