547
CurrentApplication for warrant
Chapter 6Investigations
Part 6.3Entry to places
547 Application for warrant
(1)
An investigator may apply to a magistrate for a warrant for a place.
(2)
The investigator must prepare a written application that states the grounds on which the warrant is sought.
(3)
The written application must be sworn.
(4)
The magistrate may refuse to consider the application until the investigator gives the magistrate all the information the magistrate requires about the application in the way the magistrate requires.
Example for subsection (4)—
The magistrate may require additional information supporting the written application to be given by statutory declaration.
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