Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

JUSTICES ACT - SECT 20

    (1)     Every warrant for the apprehension of a defendant shall:

        (a)     state shortly the matter of the information or complaint upon which it is founded; and

        (b)     name or otherwise describe the defendant; and

        (c)     order the person or persons to whom it is directed to apprehend the defendant and bring him before the Justice issuing it, or before some other Justice, to answer the charge contained in the information or complaint, and to be further dealt with according to law.

    (2)     The warrant may be directed specially to any constable or other person by name, or generally to all constables and peace officers of the Territory, or both specially and generally as aforesaid; and where the warrant is directed generally it shall be lawful for any constable or other peace officer to execute the warrant in like manner as if it had been specially directed to him by name.

    (3)     It shall not be necessary to make the warrant returnable at any particular time, but it shall remain in force until it is executed.

    (4)     Every warrant may be executed by apprehending the defendant at any place within the Territory.