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Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) - Code C

1. General- Page 2

2. Custody records-Page 7

3. Initial action- Page 9

(a) Detained persons – normal procedure, (b) Detained persons – special groups,© Persons attending a police station voluntarily (e) Persons answering street bail

4. Detainees property -Page 15

5. Right not to be held incommunicado- Page 17 6. Right to legal advice- Page 18 7. Citizens of independent Commonwealth countries or foreign nationals- Page 26 8. Conditions of detention- Page 27

9. Care and treatment of detained persons- Page 28 (a) General (b) Clinical treatment and attention © Documentation

10. Cautions- Page 33 (a) When a caution must be given (b) Terms of the cautions © Special warnings under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, sections 36 and 37 (d) Juveniles and persons who are mentally disordered or otherwise mentally vulnerable

11. Interviews – general-Page 37 (a) Action (b) Interview records © Juveniles and mentally disordered or otherwise mentally vulnerable people (d) Vulnerable suspects – urgent interviews at police stations

12. Interviews in police stations- Page 42 13 Interpreters-Page 45 (a) General (b) Foreign languages © Deaf people and people with speech difficulties (d) Additional rules for detained persons

14. Questioning – special restrictions- Page 47 15. Reviews and extensions of detention-Page 47 (a) Persons detained under PACE (b) Telephone review of detention

16. Charging detained persons- Page 53 17. Testing persons for the presence of specified Class A drugs- Page 57

(d) Assessment of misuse of drugs

ANNEX A – INTIMATE AND STRIP SEARCHES- Page 65

B Strip search- Page 67

ANNEX B – DELAY IN NOTIFYING ARREST OR ALLOWING ACCESS TO LEGAL ADVICE- Page 70

ANNEX C – RESTRICTION ON DRAWING ADVERSE INFERENCES FROM SILENCE AND TERMS OF THE CAUTION WHEN THE RESTRICTION APPLIES- Page 72

(a) The restriction on drawing adverse inferences from silence

(b) Terms of the caution when the restriction applies

ANNEX D – WRITTEN STATEMENTS UNDER CAUTION- Page 75

(a) Written by a person under caution

(b) Written by a police officer or other police staff

ANNEX E – SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO MENTALLY DISORDERED AND OTHERWISE MENTALLY VULNERABLE PEOPLE- Page 78

ANNEX F – COUNTRIES WITH WHICH BILATERAL CONSULAR CONVENTIONS OR AGREEMENTS REQUIRING NOTIFICATION OF THE ARREST AND DETENTION OF THEIR NATIONALS ARE IN FORCE AS AT 1 APRIL 2003- Page 81

ANNEX G – FITNESS TO BE INTERVIEWED- Page 82

ANNEX H – DETAINED PERSON: OBSERVATION LIST- Page 84

ANNEX K – X-RAYS AND ULTRASOUND SCANS- Page 85

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