Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 179M

179M Duration, extension and review of missing person warrant

(1) A missing person warrant stops having effect at the time fixed under the warrant or a later time fixed under subsection (2) .

(2) A Supreme Court judge or magistrate may, on the application of a police officer made before a missing person warrant stops having effect, extend the warrant for a stated reasonable time of not more than 48 hours.

(3) The application must—

(a) be sworn and state the grounds on which it is sought; and

(b) include the information required under the responsibilities code.