PART 18WARRANTS

Records to be kept where warrant is endorsed for bail18.4

1

Where a person is arrested and released on bail pursuant to a warrant endorsed for bail in accordance with section 117 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980150, the person executing the warrant shall make a record stating the matters set out in paragraph (2).

2

Those matters are—

a

the name of the person arrested;

b

the offence or default with which the person arrested is charged and the reason for the arrest;

c

the fact that that person is to be released on bail;

d

the date, time and place at which that person is to appear before the court; and

e

any other details which in the opinion of the person executing the warrant are relevant.

3

After making the record, the person executing the warrant shall—

a

sign the record;

b

invite the person arrested to sign the record;

c

if the person arrested refuses to sign the record, annotate the record to show the fact of that refusal;

d

make a copy of the record and give it to the person arrested; and

e

send the original record to the court officer for the court which issued the warrant.

[Note. Formerly rule 90B of the Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981.]