(1) When any action shall be brought against any police officer for any act done in obedience to the warrant of any magistrate or justice of the peace, the party against whom such action shall be brought shall not be responsible for any irregularity in the issuing of such warrant, or for any want of jurisdiction of the magistrate or justice of the peace issuing the same but may give, such warrant in evidence at the trial, and on proving that the signature thereto is the handwriting of the person whose name shall appear subscribed thereto and that such person was reputed to be and acted as a magistrate for the district or justice of the peace and that the act or acts complained of was or were done in obedience to such warrant, there shall be a verdict in such action for the defendant.
(2) It shall be the duty of the police officer, if required so to do in the execution of any warrant to him or her directed, to produce the same to the party or parties taken into custody thereunder, and to permit a copy thereof to be taken by him or her or on his or her or their behalf, either at the time of the arrest or at any time afterwards while the warrant remains in his or her custody.