(a) Council or the Municipal Judge, in the exercise of the powers and duties prescribed by the Charter of the City, and by the laws of the State shall have the power and authority to enforce the attendance of witnesses, the production of books, papers and documents and to administer oaths in the same manner and with the same effect, and under the same penalties, as notaries public, justices of the peace, magistrates and other officers of the State authorized to administer oaths; and the Municipal Court shall have the power and authority to punish for contempts as hereinafter provided. All process necessary to enforce the powers conferred by the Charter and the laws of this State and by the Codified Ordinances and future ordinances, on Council or the Municipal Court, shall be signed by the Municipal Judge, or by a majority of the members of Council present, if the Municipal Judge refuses to act; and any such process when issued, may be executed by any member of the police force, or by any other person who may be appointed or deputized by Council, Municipal Judge or Mayor.
(b) Any warrant or other process issued by the Municipal Judge, may be executed, by the officer to whom it is delivered, at any place in Kanawha County.
(1978 Code Sec. 16-3)