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Version of section 487.093 from 2023-01-14 to 2024-08-31:


Marginal note:Duty of person executing certain warrants

  •  (1) A person who executes a warrant issued under subsection 117.04(1), 199(1), 395(1) or 487(1) shall, during that execution,

    • (a) give the following to any person who is present and ostensibly in control of the building, receptacle or place to be searched:

      • (i) a copy of the warrant, and

      • (ii) a notice in Form 5.1 setting out the address of the court before which anything seized during the execution may be brought or from which a copy of a report on anything so seized may be obtained;

    • (b) affix the copy and the notice in a prominent location within the building or place or on or next to the receptacle, if there is no person present and ostensibly in control of the building, receptacle or place; or

    • (c) give the copy and the notice to the person to be searched, if the warrant is issued under subsection 395(1) for the search of a person.

  • Marginal note:Exception

    (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the warrant authorizes the search of anything that is detained under this Act after it has been lawfully seized.

  • 2022, c. 17, s. 22

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