PACE Key Sections Flashcards
(10 cards)
What can a constable do under Section 17 of PACE
Enter and Search any premises in order to
-Execute an arrest warrant
-Arrest or Recapture a person on any premises
Save life and limb or prevent serious damage to property
What can a constable do under Section 1 of PACE?
Section 1 gives the constable powers to stop and search a Person or a vehicle in a public place.
Constable must have reasonable grounds to suspect that they will find stolen and or prohibited articles.
What does section 8 of PACE allow a Constable to do?
If a warrant is granted then a Constable has the authorisation to enter and search a property.
Warrant might be granted if there is reasonable grounds to believe that an indictable offence has taken place and that there is relevant evidence in the property which is likely to be substantial value to investigation.
What does section 18 allow an officer to do?
To enter and search the premises which is occupied and or controlled by a suspect which has committed an indictable offence.
Must have reasonable grounds to suspect that there is evidence relating to the offence. Or to another connected or similar indictable offence.
To seize anything for which the Constable may search for.
Search must be authorised in writing by a rank of inspector or above
What power does section 19 of PACE grant a Constable?
Section 19 of pace gives the Constable the right to seize items when there is reasonable grounds to believe that the items were obtained in the commission of an offence or which is evidence of a crime which is being investigated.
The seizure is necessary to prevent the evidence being concealed, lost, altered or destroyed.
What does section 24 of PACE allow an officer to do?
A Constable can arrest without a warrant
Anyone who is about to commit an offence
Anyone who is in the act of committing an offence
Anyone he has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be about to commit an offence
Anyone whom he has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be committing an offence
What does PACE section 117 mean?
A Constable can use reasonable force
What should an officer tell a suspect when arresting them
Caution
Grounds=suspected offence (GBH)
Reason=the reason the person has been arrested (they have been identified as offender)
Section 32
Section 32 PACE
Constable may search an arrested person in a place other than a police station
•Constable must have reasonable grounds to believe that the person may present danger to himself or others
