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P-22.1 - Provincial Offences Procedure Act

Section 113
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Warrant issued in reciprocating province or territory
113(1)In this section
“reciprocating province or territory” means a province or territory of Canada designated by regulation as a province or territory in which legislation substantially similar to this section exits.
113(2)Where a warrant for the arrest of a person as a defendant has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction in a reciprocating province or territory and it is believed that the person to whom the warrant relates is in New Brunswick, the warrant may be presented to a judge for endorsement and the judge may endorse the warrant in accordance with the regulations.
113(3)A warrant endorsed under subsection (2) is sufficient authority
(a) for a peace officer to arrest the person to whom the warrant relates,
(b) for a peace officer to deliver that person to a person authorized to execute the warrant in the reciprocating province or territory, and
(c) for the person authorized to execute the warrant in the reciprocating province or territory to remove the person arrested from the Province.
113(4)A judge who endorses a warrant under subsection (1) shall specify in the warrant the date and time by which the person to whom the warrant relates is to be arrested.
1990, c.18, s.60