# Magistrates’ Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984, Rule 14: Form of warrant or order

Extent: N.I.

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a warrant or form of order issued to give effect to the order of a magistrates’ court shall be signed by the district judge (magistrates’ courts) or lay magistrate who made the order or by the clerk of petty sessions.
(2) A warrant to arrest or warrant to search must be signed by a district judge (magistrates’ courts) or lay magistrate.
(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) No warrant shall be signed in Blank.
(4) Every warrant shall state shortly the offence charged in the complaint or the grounds on which the warrant is issued.
(5) A warrant shall name in full or otherwise describe the person against whom it is issued.
(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[(7 Where no other form of warrant of arrest is prescribed, either by these Rules or by any other statutory provision, the warrant in Form 8C shall be used.]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1984/225/rule/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-14
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