106CIssue of warrants in respect of applications for restraint orders

106C Issue of warrants in respect of applications for restraint orders

[Section 106C Substituted by No. 8 of 1988, s. 5 ]

(1)  Where an application for a restraint order, whether or not filed with a clerk of petty sessions, and the materials required by the rules to accompany such an application are produced to a justice, the justice may, if in his opinion it is a case of urgency and he sees sufficient cause to do so, issue a warrant for the apprehension of the person against whom the restraint order is sought.

(2)  Where a justice issues a warrant for the apprehension of a person pursuant to subsection (1) and an application for a restraint order has not been filed at the time the warrant is issued, the application shall be filed as soon as practicable after the warrant is issued.