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The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) (PACE) is an act of Parliament which instituted a legislative framework for the powers of police officers in England and Wales to combat crime, and provided codes of practice for the exercise of those powers. [1]
Section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, [1] as of 1 January 2006, provides that a constable may arrest, without a warrant, anyone who is about to commit or is currently committing an offence (or anyone the constable has reasonable grounds to believe to be about to commit or currently committing an offence). The constable is ...
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 provides a power for a Constable to use reasonable force when they are lawfully using a power under the same act. [ 89 ] The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 further clarified the use of force as per the above, but also reiterated force may still be reasonable if it was influenced by an ...
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Originally prepared for police in England, the Rules and their successor documents have become a part of legal procedure not just in Britain but in places as far afield as Jamaica, Zambia and Western Samoa where English law is followed. In England and Wales the rules have been replaced by Code C made under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
Section 46A Police Criminal Evidence Act 1984; Section 31 Police Criminal Evidence Act 1984; Section 6D of the Road Traffic Act 1988; Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000; Section 9 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014; Section 27 of the National Security Act 2003; National Crime Agency (formerly SOCA) officer: s46 Serious ...
A citizen's arrest can be lawfully carried out on any person under section 24A of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 for an indictable offence, including either way offences (in this section referred to simply as "an offence"), but with some exceptions listed below.
under the provisions of section 24 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE), which only applies to constables, under the provisions of section 24A of PACE, applies to those who are not constables, the power to arrest for a breach of the peace at common law, which applies to everyone (constable or not and includes a power of entry), and