CORONERS ACT 1980 - SECT 41 Form of warrant

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CORONERS ACT 1980 - SECT 41

41 Form of warrant

(1) A warrant, issued by a coroner under section 35 or 39 or by an assistant coroner under section 35, for the apprehension of any person shall:

(a) be under the hand and seal of the coroner or assistant coroner,

(b) be directed to a police officer by name or generally to the senior police officer of the district or place where it is to be executed, or to that senior police officer and to all other police officers in this State, or generally to all police officers in this State,

(c) name or otherwise describe the person whose appearance is required, and

(d) order any police officer to whom it is directed to apprehend the person whose appearance is required, and cause the person to be brought before the coroner to testify what the person knows concerning the subject-matter of the inquest or inquiry or to produce the document or writing specified or described in the warrant.

(2) Such a warrant shall be returnable at a time and place to be stated therein.

(3) Such a warrant may be executed by apprehending the person against whom it is directed at any place in this State.

(4) A person apprehended under a warrant may be dealt with in the same way as a witness arrested under a warrant issued under section 231 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 .