Question-Subject: Warrant of arrest
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What are the procedural safeguards for a warrant of arrest?
– To be released after interrogation – To contain sufficient evidence to justify the arrest warrant
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On what grounds and when can someone be subject to a warrant of arrest?
In the presence of strong evidence of guilt of an offence having a proscribed punishment over a certain minimum threshold
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What is a warrant of arrest?
Order given by an official of the State prosecutor’s office to place the individual in detention
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What are the procedural safeguards for a warrant of arrest?
Contain certain information and the accused must be informed
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On what grounds and when can someone be subject to a warrant of arrest?
– In the case of a flagrant offence – In the presence of serious circumstances: in order to prevent new offences from being committed, to guarantee the imposition and execution of a sentence
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What is a warrant of arrest?
Order made to any officer of the public force to effect the arrest of an individual and to bring this person before the issuing magistrate