247Issue of search warrant if child does not appear

247 Issue of search warrant if child does not appear S. 247(1) amended by No. 52/2013 s. 29(1). (1) If the child does not appear before the Court for the hearing of the therapeutic treatment application, the Court may issue a search warrant for the purpose of having the child placed in emergency care. S. 247(2) substituted by No. 52/2013 s. 29(2). (2) A search warrant issued by the Court under subsection (1)— S. 247(2)(a) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 18.11). (a) may only be directed to a named police officer or generally all police officers; and (b) may be endorsed by the person issuing it with a direction that the child be released on an interim accommodation order of the type referred to in section 263(1)(a) or (b) as specified in the endorsement. S. 247A inserted by No. 52/2013 s. 30.