Criminal Code

Marginal note:Contents of warrant to arrest

• 511 (1) A warrant issued under this Part shall

  • (a) name or describe the accused;

  • (b) set out briefly the offence in respect of which the accused is charged; and

  • (c) order that the accused be forthwith arrested and brought before the judge or justice who issued the warrant or before some other judge or justice having jurisdiction in the same territorial division, to be dealt with according to law.

• Marginal note:No return day

  (2) A warrant issued under this Part remains in force until it is executed and need not be made returnable at any particular time.

• Marginal note:Warrant — cancellation

  (2.1) Despite subsection (2), a judge or justice having jurisdiction in the territorial division in which the warrant was issued may cancel the warrant on application by the prosecutor, with or without the appearance of the accused, if the judge or justice is satisfied that it is in the interests of justice to do so.

• Marginal note:Discretion to postpone execution

  (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(c), a judge or justice who issues a warrant may specify in the warrant the period before which the warrant shall not be executed, to allow the accused to appear voluntarily before a judge or justice having jurisdiction in the territorial division in which the warrant was issued.

• Marginal note:Deemed execution of warrant

  (4) Where the accused appears voluntarily for the offence in respect of which the accused is charged, the warrant is deemed to be executed.