Section 29 Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

Section 29 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is about Voluntary attendance at police station etc. It provides as follows:

Where for the purpose of assisting with an investigation a person attends voluntarily at a police station or at any other place where a constable is present or accompanies a constable to a police station or any such other place without having been arrested—

(a)he shall be entitled to leave at will unless he is placed under arrest;

(b)he shall be informed at once that he is under arrest if a decision is taken by a constable to prevent him from leaving at will.


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