Hong Kong Ordinances

MAGISTRATES ORDINANCE - SECT 9

Issue of warrant in first instance or subsequently

(1) Where a complaint or information laid before a magistrate is substantiated
by oath before him, the magistrate may, in the first instance or
notwithstanding that a summons has been previously issued, issue a warrant to
arrest the defendant and bring him before a magistrate to answer to the
complaint or information. (See Form 4)

(2) Where a defendant is arrested under a warrant issued under subsection (1),
he shall be brought before a magistrate, who may adjourn the hearing and deal
with the defendant in accordance with section 20. (Replaced 36 of 1976 s. 3)