Section 18, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

(1) Criminal proceedings in the Magistrate's Court maybe instituted by - (a) a Police Officer, pursuant to the powers conferred on the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice under subsection (3) of section 64 and on the Director of Public Prosecutions under subsection (5) of section 66 of the Constitution by- (i) bringing a person arrested with or without a warrant before a Magistrate or Justices of the Peace upon the charge upon which he has been arrested; or (ii) laying an information before a Magistrate for the issue of a warrant or a summons; (b) a person or legal practitioner, making a complaint or laying an information before a Magistrate for the issue of a warrant or summons in respect of the complaint or information: Provided that - (i) the complaint shall be in writing; and (ii) if a warrant is requested, the complaint shall be on the oath of the person making the complaint or a witness to the offence. (2) It shall be sufficient if in the title of the committal proceedings or in a summary trial, the prosecutor is - (a) a Police Officer, described as the "Inspector- General of Police"; and (b) a private person, whose name shall appear in the title of the proceedings as the prosecutor.