Sections Flashcards
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Power of constable to stop and search persons, vehicles etc.
2
Provisions relating to search under section 1 and other powers.
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Execution of warrants.
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Entry for purpose of arrest etc.
1a - executing a warrant
1b - arrest a person for an indictable offence
1c(iii) - section 4 public order
1d - any person unlawfully at large
1e - saving a life or limb or preventing serious damage to property
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Entry and search after arrest.
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General power of seizure etc.
(1) The powers conferred by subsections (2), (3) and (4) below are exercisable by a constable who is lawfully on any premises.
(2) The constable may seize anything which is on the premises if he has reasonable grounds for believing—
(a) that it has been obtained in consequence of the commission of an offence; and
(b) that it is necessary to seize it in order to prevent it being concealed, lost, damaged, altered or destroyed.
(3) The constable may seize anything which is on the premises if he has reasonable grounds for believing—
(a) that it is evidence in relation to an offence which he is investigating or any other offence; and
(b) that it is necessary to seize it in order to prevent the evidence being concealed, lost, altered or destroyed.
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Detention
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Arrest without warrant: constables
(1) A constable may arrest without a warrant—
(a) anyone who is about to commit an offence;
(b) anyone who is in the act of committing an offence;
(c) anyone whom he has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be about to commit an offence;
(d) anyone whom he has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be committing an offence.
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Information to be given on arrest.
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Arrest elsewhere than at the police station.
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Search upon arrest.
(1)A constable may search an arrested person, in any case where the person to be searched has been arrested at a place other than a police station, if the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that the arrested person may present a danger to himself or others.
(2)Subject to subsections (3) to (5) below, a constable shall also have power in any such case—
(a)to search the arrested person for anything—
(i)which he might use to assist him to escape from lawful custody; or
(ii)which might be evidence relating to an offence; and
[F49(b)if the offence for which he has been arrested is an indictable offence, to enter and search any premises in which he was when arrested or immediately before he was arrested for evidence relating to the offence.
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Power of constable to use reasonable force.
Where any provision of this Act—
(a)confers a power on a constable; and
(b)does not provide that the power may only be exercised with the consent of some person, other than a police officer, the officer may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of the power.
