Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A search warrant
authorises any member of the Police Force, with such assistants as he thinks
necessary, to enter and search the premises to which the warrant relates, and
anything in those premises.
(2) Subject to any
direction by a justice authorising execution of a search warrant at night, or
during specified hours of the night, it shall not be executed at night.
(3) A member of the
Police Force, or a person assisting him, may use such force as is reasonably
necessary for the execution of a search warrant.
(4) A member of the
Police Force executing a search warrant may seize and remove any object that
he believes on reasonable grounds to be relevant to the investigation of the
offence in relation to which the warrant was issued.
(5) An object seized
and removed under subsection (4) shall be dealt with in accordance with
arrangements in force under section 7.
(6) A member of the
Police Force who executes a search warrant —
(a)
shall prepare a notice in the prescribed form containing —
(i)
his own name and rank;
(ii)
the name of the justice who issued the warrant and the
date and time of its issue; and
(iii)
a description of any objects seized and removed in
pursuance of the warrant;
and
(b)
shall, as soon as practicable after execution of the warrant, give the notice
to the occupier of the premises in respect of which the warrant was issued or
leave it for him in a prominent position on those premises.
(7) A search warrant,
if not executed at the expiration of one month from the date of its issue,
shall then expire.