Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter VII
75. Summons or warrant if required
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
When a Magistrate acting under section 72,73 or 74 deems it necessary to require any person to show cause under such section, he shall, if such person has not been arrested without warrant and brought before the
Magistrate
"Magistrate" means a Magistrate appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under the Subordinate Courts Act or under any written law;
Court for the purpose of the inquiry mentioned in section 77, issue a summons requiring him to appear and show cause or, when such person is in custody but not present in Court, a warrant directing the officer in whose custody he is to produce him before the Court.
Whenever it appears to the Magistrate upon the report of a police officer or upon other information, the substance of which report or information shall be recorded by the Magistrate, that there is reason to fear the commission of a breach of the peace and that such breach of the peace cannot be prevented otherwise than by the immediate arrest of such person, the Magistrate may at any time issue a warrant for his arrest.
police officer
"police officer" means any member of the Royal Brunei Police Force, and includes a special police officer when mobilised or deemed to be mobilised for active service and any person vested under any written law with the powers of a police officer;
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Terms defined in s 2
inquiry
Defined · s 2"inquiry" includes every inquiry conducted under this Code before a Magistrate;
Magistrate
Defined · s 2"Magistrate" means a Magistrate appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under the Subordinate Courts Act or under any written law;
police officer
Defined · s 2"police officer" means any member of the Royal Brunei Police Force, and includes a special police officer when mobilised or deemed to be mobilised for active service and any person vested under any written law with the powers of a police officer;
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