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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]
Although PACE Code C has been amended to require the presence of an AA for 17-year-olds, this is not yet in written in legislation. PACE 1984 s.63B (Testing for presence of Class A drugs) an AA must be present when police make the request, give a warning and information and take a sample "in the case of a person who has not attained the age of ...
The Rules were reissued in 1964 as Practice Note (Judge's Rules) [1964] 1 WLR 152, and were replaced in England and Wales in 1986 by Code C made under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE), [2] [4] a guideline that largely preserves the requirements set out in the rules.
The treatment of suspects held in detention is governed by Code H to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 in the case of suspects related to terrorism and by Code C in other cases. It is generally the responsibility of a designated Custody Officer to ensure that the provisions of the relevant Code and of the Police and Criminal Evidence ...
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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 victim, presenting as female. Maxwell Thomas Berty Confait (1945 – 21 or 22 April 1972), [1] also known locally as Michelle and "Handbag", was a 26-year-old Seychelles-born cross-dresser who was murdered in London, England, on either 21 or 22 April 1972.
In addition to the statutory tests for exclusion of bad character evidence the power to exclude evidence under section 78 PACE 1984 [11] Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is not affected by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 provisions (House of Lords, Hansard, 19 November 2003, Col. 1988). Both provisions exist alongside one another.