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Magistrates' Court Act 1989
60Effect of defect or error in certain warrants
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60 Effect of defect or error in certain warrants
S. 60(1) amended by Nos 33/1994 s. 9(3), 48/2006 s. 42(Sch. item 22.4), 87/2009 s. 60(3), 47/2014 s. 273.
(1) A warrant to imprison, a warrant to detain in a youth justice centre, a remand warrant, a warrant to seize property or an enforcement warrant[[7]](#endnote-8) is not void only because of a defect or error in it if there is a valid order supporting it.
S. 60(2) amended by Nos 33/1994 s. 9(4), 87/2009 s. 60(3), 47/2014 s. 273.
(2) A person acting under a warrant to seize property or an enforcement warrant[[8]](#endnote-9) is not to be taken to be a trespasser from the beginning only because of a defect or error in it.