88Offence relating to warrants by telephone, fax etc.

88 Offence relating to warrants by telephone, fax etc.

An authorised officer commits an offence if: (a) the authorised officer states in a document that purports to be a form of warrant under section 87 the name of an issuing officer, unless that issuing officer signed the warrant; or (b) the authorised officer states on a form of warrant under that section a matter that, to the authorised officer’s knowledge, departs in a material particular from the terms of the warrant signed by the issuing officer under that section; or (c) the authorised officer purports to execute, or present to another person, a document that purports to be a form of warrant under that section that the authorised officer knows: (i) has not been approved by an issuing officer under that section; or (ii) departs in a material particular from the terms of a warrant signed by an issuing officer under that section; or (d) the authorised officer gives to an issuing officer a form of warrant under that section that is not the form of warrant that the authorised officer purported to execute.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.