Form and requisites of warrant of apprehension

(1) Every warrant for the apprehension of any person issued under this Act or, unless the contrary is expressly provided, under any other statute for the time being in force relating to crimes shall be dated on the day on which it is issued, and shall be signed by the magistrate or judge by whom it is issued. (2) The warrant shall not be signed in blank, nor shall it be issued by a magistrate without information or other statement in writing and upon oath. (3) The warrant– (a) may be directed either to any police officer by name, or to the police officer and all other police officers, or generally to all police officers or, in the case of a warrant issued by the court, to the Registrar and the marshal; (b) may be executed by any police officer named therein, or by any one of the police officers to whom it is directed, or by the Registrar or the marshal, as the case may be; and 106 (c) shall state concisely the crime or matter for which it is issued, shall name or otherwise describe the person to be arrested, and shall order the police officer or police officers to whom it is directed to apprehend that person, and bring him before a magistrate or before the court or a judge, as the case may be, to answer to the crime or matter contained in the information or statement aforesaid, and to be further dealt with according to law. (4) It shall not be necessary to make the warrant returnable at any particular time, but it shall remain in force until it is executed.