# Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, Section 33: Execution of warrant not in possession of constable.

Extent: E+W

In section 125 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980—
(a) in subsection (3), for the words “arrest a person charged with an offence” there shall be substituted the words “which this subsection applies”;
(b) the following subsection shall be added after that subsection—
“(4) The warrants to which subsection (3) above applies are—
(a) a warrant to arrest a person in connection with an offence;
(b) without prejudice to paragraph (a) above, a warrant under section 186(3) of the Army Act 1955, section 186(3) of the Air Force Act 1955, section 105(3) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 or Schedule 5 to the Reserve Forces Act 1980 (desertion etc.);
(c) a warrant under—
(i) section 102 or 104 of the General Rate Act 1967 (insufficiency of distress);
(ii) section 18(4) of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978 (protection of parties to marriage and children of family); and
(iii) section 55, 76, 93 or 97 above.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/60/section/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984/section-33
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