SEARCH WARRANTS ACT 1985 - SECT 11 Application for warrant in person

This legislation has been repealed.

SEARCH WARRANTS ACT 1985 - SECT 11

11 Application for warrant in person

(1) An application for a search warrant must be in writing in the form prescribed by the regulations and must be made by the applicant in person.

(2) An authorised justice must not issue a search warrant unless the information given by the applicant in or in connection with the application is verified before the authorised justice on oath or affirmation or by affidavit.

(3) An authorised justice may administer an oath or affirmation or take an affidavit for the purposes of an application for a search warrant.

(4) This section does not apply to a telephone search warrant.