District Court (Bench Warrants) Rules 2007
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These rules may be cited as the District Court (Bench Warrants) Rules 2007.
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paragraphs: These rules shall come into operation on the 22nd day of March 2007 and shall be read together with all other District Court rules for the time being in force.
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paragraphs: The Form numbered 22.2 annexed hereto shall be added to the Forms in Schedule B to the District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), in substitution for the Form numbered 22.2 in the said Schedule B.
No. 22.2
O.22, r. 1
WARRANT FOR ARREST OF ACCUSED
(non-appearance on summons or about to abscond)
District Court Area of
District No.
................................................................................................................................. Prosecutor
.................................................................................................................................... Accused
WHEREAS on the day of ......................... , 20 , a summons was issued requiring the above-named accused of ................................................... to appear at a sitting of the District Court to be held at .................................. on the day , 20 , at .m, on the hearing of a complaint that he/she did
* AND WHEREAS the accused has failed to appear at:
* (The said time and place)
* (The hearing of the matter adjourned to the sitting of the District Court held at .................................. on the day of , 20 at .m);
AND WHEREAS it has been duly proved that the summons was served upon the accused in accordance with the provisions of the District Court Rules;
† AND WHEREAS an information has been made on oath and in writing that
† (the accused is evading service of the summons)
† (the accused is about to abscond)
† (the accused has absconded)
THIS IS TO COMMAND YOU to whom this warrant is addressed to arrest the accused .......................................................................................................... of................................................................................................................................................ and to bring him/her before me or another Judge to be dealt with according to law.
Dated this day of , 20
Signed .............................................................
Judge of the District Court
To the Superintendent of the Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na
at
Given this 15th day of January 2007
Miriam Malone
Chairperson
Uinsin Mac Gruairc
John P Brophy
Mary C Devins
Thomas E O'Donnell
Hugh O'Neill
Fiona Twomey
Joe Jeffers
David Kelly
Noel A Doherty
Elizabeth Hughes
Secretary
I concur in the making of the foregoing rules
Dated this 22nd day of February 2007
Michael McDowell
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This does not form part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)
These Rules amend Form 22.2, Bench Warrant on foot of a summons, to provide a recital that it is being issued in respect of a date other than the return date, where applicable.
*delete if inapplicable
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†delete if inapplicable
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