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 to find and seize an article the possession of which constitutes an offence, or which has been obtained illegally, or which is reasonably suspected to have been used or intended to be used in the commission of an offence;

to find and help an unlawfully restrained or detained person;

to find a person required by a warrant to be arrested;

to find and seize an article according to a judgment or order of a court, in the event that it can no longer be found or seized otherwise.

No warrant of search shall be issued for finding and arresting a person, save where a warrant of arrest has also been issued against such person and the official who is to execute the warrant of search has both the warrant of search and the warrant of arrest.

Once an alleged offender or accused has been arrested successfully, the court may issue a warrant of detention against the alleged offender or accused at any stage of the inquiry, preliminary hearing, or trial.