DIVISION C · PART 1 — GENERALUpdated for the 2024 Ontario Building Code
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1.4.1.1.Information & Warrant Forms
(1) An information to obtain a warrant to enter and search a building, receptacle or place under subsection 21(1) of the
Act shall be in Form 1.4.1.1.-A.
(2) A warrant to enter and search a building, receptacle or place under subsection 21(1) of the Act shall be in
Form 1.4.1.1.-B.
FORM 1.4.1.1.-A
INFORMATION TO OBTAIN SEARCH WARRANT UNDER SECTION 21 OF THE BUILDING CODE ACT, 1992
Building Code Act, 1992
ONTARIO COURT OF JUSTICE
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
This is the information of _____________________________________________________________________________
(name)
of ___________________________________________________, ____________________________________________.
(address) (occupation)
I have reasonable ground to believe and do believe that the offence of __________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________ contrary to Building Code Act, 1992
Section _____________________ has been committed and that the entry into and search of a certain building, receptacle or
place, namely,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
(building, receptacle or place)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
of __________________________________________, at ____________________________________________________
(owner) (address)
will afford the following evidence: ______________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
(describe evidence to be searched for, including things to be seized, if any)
relevant to the commission of the offence.
And I further say that my grounds for so believing are:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Therefore, I request that a search warrant be issued to
□ • enter into and search the said __________________________________________________________
(building, receptacle or place)
________________________________________________________________ for the said evidence.
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appropriate
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□ • enter into and search the said __________________________________________________________
(building, receptacle or place)
____________________________________________________ for the said evidence and to seize the
following things: ___________________________________________________________________
(describe things to be seized)
______________________________________________
Informant
Sworn before me at _________________________,
this _______ day of _______________, _________
_________________________________________________________
Provincial Judge or Justice of the Peace in and for the Province of Ontario
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FORM 1.4.1.1.-B
SEARCH WARRANT UNDER SECTION 21 OF THE BUILDING CODE ACT, 1992
Building Code Act, 1992
ONTARIO COURT OF JUSTICE
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
To: ______________________________________________________________________________________________,
Whereas, on the information on oath of _______________________________________, I am satisfied that there is
reasonable ground to believe that the offence of ____________________________________________________________
contrary to Building Code Act, 1992 Section ________________________________________ has been committed and that
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
(describe evidence to be searched for, including things to be seized, if any)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
that there is reasonable ground to believe will afford evidence of the said offence may be found
at _________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
(building, receptacle or place)
of ______________________________________, at ________________________________________________________
(owner) (address)
hereinafter called the premises.
This is therefore to authorize you to enter such _____________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
(name or location of building, receptacle or place)
between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., or ____________________________________________________________
(time warrant to be executed)
□ and to search for the said evidence.
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appropriate
box
□ and to search for the said evidence and to seize the following
things: ______________________________________________________________________________
(describe things to be seized)
and carry them before me or another Provincial Judge or Justice of the Peace so that they may be dealt
with according to the law.
This warrant expires on the _______ day of _______________________, ____________, a day not later than the fifteenth
day after its issue.
Issued at _________________________________,
this _______ day of _______________, ________
__________________________________________________________
Provincial Judge or Justice of the Peace in and for the Province of Ontario
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