Section 29: Voluntary attendance at police station etc.

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 · 1984 c. 60View on legislation.gov.uk

Part III: Arrest

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—

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