Section 24:
Police-officers may lay information, etc.
It shall be lawful for any police-officer to lay any
information before a Magistrate, and to apply for a summons, warrant, search warrant or such other
legal process as may by law issue against any person committing an offence 1
* * *.
Notes:
1. The words "and to prosecute such person up to final judgment
" rep. by Act 10 of 1882, s. 2 and the Schedule 1(b).