Section 83: Issue of warrant in lieu of or in addition to summons

(1) A court or Justice of the Peace empowered by this Act to issue a summons for the appearance of a suspect may, after recording reasons in writing, issue a warrant for his arrest in addition to or instead of the summons where:
(a) whether before or after the issue of the summons, the court or Justice of the Peace sees reason to believe that the suspect has absconded or will not obey the summons; or
(b) at the time fixed for his appearance, the suspect fails to appear and the summons is proved to have been duly served in time to allow for his appearance and no reasonable excuse is offered for his failure to appear.
(2)
A court or Justice of the Peace empowered by this Act to issue a warrant for the arrest of a suspect may issue a summons in place of a warrant where he thinks fit.