Article 31

An arrest warrant shall be signed by the judge issuing the warrant.

The arrest warrant shall state the offence for which the person is sought and shall include the name of the person, the person’s address, if known, and any other information as is available to identify such person.

The arrest warrant shall order the police to apprehend the person against whom it is issued and to bring him before the Court issuing the warrant or before some other Court having jurisdiction in the case, to answer the charge mentioned in the warrant and to be further dealt with according to law.

A Court issuing a warrant for arrest may direct by endorsement on the warrant that such person be released by the police on the posting of a certain bond, with or without guarantors, that he will appear in Court at a specified date. If before being brought before the Court the arrested person satisfies the conditions of this bond, he shall be released.

Every arrest warrant issued pursuant to this Article shall remain in force until it is executed, or until it is canceled by the Court which issued it.

The police officer serving an arrest warrant shall, in addition to complying with the requirements of Article 33, show and read out the warrant to the person arrested.

A police officer who is ascertained that an arrest warrant has been issued against a person may arrest that person and shall cause to have the warrant produced forthwith and served pursuant to sub-Article (6).

Unless otherwise expressly authorized by the Court in writing in the warrant, an arrest shall be carried out only between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.