Criminal Code

Marginal note:Duty of person executing certain warrants

• 487.093 (1) A person who executes a warrant issued under subsection 110.1(5), 117.0101(6), 117.04(1), 199(1), 395(1) or 487(1) shall, during that execution,

  • (a) give the following to any person who is present and ostensibly in control of the building, receptacle or place to be searched:

    • (i) a copy of the warrant, and

    • (ii) a notice in Form 5.1 setting out the address of the court before which anything seized during the execution may be brought or from which a copy of a report on anything so seized may be obtained;

  • (b) affix the copy and the notice in a prominent location within the building or place or on or next to the receptacle, if there is no person present and ostensibly in control of the building, receptacle or place; or

  • (c) give the copy and the notice to the person to be searched, if the warrant is issued under subsection 395(1) for the search of a person.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the warrant authorizes the search of anything that is detained under this Act after it has been lawfully seized.