Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If this Act or the
Sentencing Act 1995 empowers a person to issue a warrant to have a person
arrested, the warrant must be in the prescribed form and such a warrant has
effect according to its wording.
(2) In the absence of
evidence to the contrary, it is to be presumed that —
(a) the
person who issued the warrant is empowered to do so; and
(b) the
signature on the warrant is that of the person who issued it.
(3) A person to whom
the warrant is directed must give effect to the warrant as soon as
practicable.
(4) The warrant itself
is sufficient authority to the person to whom it is directed to arrest the
person concerned and to hold the person in custody for the purposes of taking
him or her, as soon as practicable, to the place specified in the warrant.