Section 4: Issue of warrant

4. Issue of warrant (1) (a) Where a charge or complaint is made on oath before a Magistrate in Form A of the Second Schedule that a person has committed or is suspected of having committed an offence punishable otherwise than by a fine, the Magistrate may issue a warrant in Form B of the Second Schedule to apprehend such person and to cause such person to be brought before him, or any other Magistrate of the district, to answer such charge or complaint and to be further dealt with according to law. (b) In all such cases the Magistrate may, if he thinks fit, instead of issuing a warrant in the first instance, issue a summons in Form C of the Second Schedule directed to such person. (2) Where any person after being served with any such summons fails to appear at the time and place mentioned in the summons, the Magistrate may issue his warrant to apprehend such person.