Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

摘要

The cornerstone statute governing police powers in England & Wales. Provides the framework for stop and search, arrest, detention, identification, and the interviewing of suspects, supplemented by eight Codes of Practice.

要点

• Stop and search requires reasonable grounds
• Arrest must be necessary under s.24
• Right to legal advice (s.58)
• Exclusion of unfair evidence (s.76, s.78)
• Eight Codes of Practice (A-H)

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