(1)A search warrant issued by a court under this Code must be in writing bearing the seal of the court, and signed by a Magistrate or District Judge (as the case may be), or in the case of the General Division of the High Court, by a Judge or by the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
Section history
Section 26 — Form of search warrant
As in force on 25 November 2024.
Timeline 4 versions
- 2 January 2011 Enacted
- 2 January 2021 Act 40 of 2019
- 31 December 2021 Revised edition
- 25 November 2024 You are here
- 17 August 2026 Latest
(2)A search warrant must ordinarily be issued to the Commissioner of Police and to one or more other police officers to be designated by name in the warrant, and all or any of those police officers may execute it.
(3)The court may in appropriate circumstances issue a search warrant to one or more named persons who are not police officers, and all or any of those persons may execute it.
(4)The court may, if it thinks fit, specify in a search warrant the particular place or part of it to be searched or inspected, and the person charged with executing the warrant must then search or inspect only the specified place or part thereof.
(5)A search warrant is subject to such conditions as may be specified by the court and remains in force for the number of days stated in the warrant.