C-25.1 - Code of Penal Procedure

Section 101.1 Disposition versions

2015-11-19

101.1. The judge to whom an application for a search telewarrant is made by a means of telecommunication that allows communication in written form shall promptly cause the statement to be filed with the clerk of the Court of Québec in the judicial district where the search is to be made and certify the date and time on which it was received. The statement is deemed to be made under oath if the person making it attests that, to the best of the person’s knowledge, the facts alleged are true.

If the judge issues the telewarrant, the judge shall

(1)  complete the original, indicating the number of the telewarrant and the place, date and time of issue of the telewarrant, and sign it;

(2)  send the telewarrant to the applicant; the copy received is deemed to be a duplicate of the telewarrant; and

(3)  promptly have the original of the telewarrant filed with the clerk of the Court of Québec in the judicial district where the search is to be made.

2015, c. 26, s. 8.