Arrest
- Created by: Jean-Luc Kondabeka
- Created on: 11-04-13 22:46
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PACE 1984 (Code G), Amended by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005
Breach of the Peace
Police can only arrest if:
- Sufficiently real + present threat to the peace
- Must come from person arrested
- Suspects conduct must interfere with rights of others
- Conduct of person bring arrested must be unreasonable
Arrest with a Warrant
Magistrate's Act 1980 s.1
- Application made to the Magistrates
- Application requires written evidence
- Allows police to search suspect's home for purpose of making arrest
Arrest without a Warrant
S.24 PACE as amended by s.110 of CAP 2005
Police may arrest without warrant if:
- Anyone about to commit offence
- Anyone in the act of committing offence
- Anyone police have reasonable grounds to suspect is about to commit…
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