[Rev. 2012] National Police Service CAP. 84 (2) Despite subsection (1), a police officer may use force and firearms in accordance with the rules on the use of force and firearms contained in the Sixth Schedule. 62. Non-liability for act done in obedience to warrant (1) Where the defence to any suit instituted against a police officer is that the act complained of was done in obedience to a warrant purporting to be issued by a judge or magistrate, the court shall, upon production of the warrant containing the signature of the judge or magistrate, accept such warrant as prima facie evidence of the due making thereof, and upon the proof that the act complained of was done in obedience to such warrant enter judgement in favour of such police officer. (2) No proof of the signature of the judge or magistrate who issues a warrant shall be required unless the court has reason to doubt the genuineness thereof, and it shall be a defence that the police officer, at the time the arrest was made, believed on reasonable grounds that the signature was genuine. 63. Custody of unclaimed property (1) A police officer shall— (a) take charge of all unclaimed property handed to him by any person or found by him to be unclaimed; and (b) deliver that property without delay to the nearest police station. (2) Where any property has come into the possession of the Police, the police officer shall furnish an inventory or description of the property within fortyeight hours to a magistrate having jurisdiction in the area in which the property is found by, or handed to the magistrate, and the magistrate shall— (a) give orders for the detention of the property; and (b) cause a notice to be posted in a conspicuous place in the magistrate’s court and at such police station as the magistrate considers necessary. (3) The notice under subsection (2)(b) shall describe the property and require any person who may have a claim thereto to appear before the Magistrate or other person specified therein and establish their claim within twelve months from the date of the notice. (4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), if the unclaimed property is— (a) liable to deterioration, the magistrate shall deal with it in such a manner as may be appropriate; or (b) a firearm or ammunition, the magistrate may order that the property be disposed of in such manner as the Inspector-General may prescribe in regulations. (5) If no owner establishes his claim to the property within twelve months from the date of the notice, the property may be sold in a manner directed by the Magistrate. N18 - 37 [Issue 1]