Section 31 Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

Section 31 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is about Arrest for further offence. It provides as follows:

Where—

(a)a person—

(i)has been arrested for an offence; and

(ii)is at a police station in consequence of that arrest; and

(b)it appears to a constable that, if he were released from that arrest, he would be liable to arrest for some other offence,

he shall be arrested for that other offence.

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