POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 391
Information to be given to arrested person
POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 391
Information to be given to arrested person
391 Information to be given to arrested person
(1) A police officer who
arrests a person, whether or not under a warrant, must, as soon as is
reasonably practicable after the arrest, inform the person that the person is
under arrest and of the nature of the offence for which the person is
arrested.
(2) A police officer who arrests a person with a warrant must
inform the person that the person is under arrest and of the nature of the
warrant.
(3) Before the person is released from police custody, a police
officer must give the person, in writing—
(a) the name, rank and station of
the arresting officer; and
(b) if the person was arrested under section 365A(1) —the name, rank and station of the instructing officer.
