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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.372What arrest warrant must state
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### sec.372 What arrest warrant must state
An arrest warrant must state the following—
the name of the applicant for the warrant and the applicant’s rank, registered number and station;
that any police officer may arrest the person named in the warrant;
the offence the person is alleged to have committed.
It is sufficient to describe an offence in the words of the law defining it, or in similar words.
A description of persons or things that would be sufficient in an indictment is sufficient in an arrest warrant.
s 372 (prev s 170) renum 2000 No. 22 s 9
(sec.372-ssec.1) An arrest warrant must state the following— the name of the applicant for the warrant and the applicant’s rank, registered number and station; that any police officer may arrest the person named in the warrant; the offence the person is alleged to have committed.
(sec.372-ssec.2) It is sufficient to describe an offence in the words of the law defining it, or in similar words.
(sec.372-ssec.3) A description of persons or things that would be sufficient in an indictment is sufficient in an arrest warrant.
- (a) the name of the applicant for the warrant and the applicant’s rank, registered number and station;
- (b) that any police officer may arrest the person named in the warrant;
- (c) the offence the person is alleged to have committed.