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PACE Code D (2023)

PACE Code of Practice (SI 2023/1422) · issued under s.66 PACE 1984

A Code of Practice issued under section 66 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; admissible in evidence in criminal and civil proceedings and relevant to any question of admissibility under section 67(11) PACE 1984.
1 Introduction2 General3 Identification and recognition of suspects4 Identification by fingerprints and footwear impressions5 Examinations to establish identity and the taking of photographs6 Identification by body samples and impressionsAnnex A: Video identificationAnnex B: Identification paradesAnnex C: Group identificationAnnex D: Confrontation by an eye-witnessAnnex E: Showing photographs to eye-witnessesAnnex F: Fingerprints, samples and footwear impressions — destruction and speculative searchesAnnex G: Requirement for a person to attend a police station for fingerprints and samples (paragraphs 4.4, 6.2A and 6.6A)

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    Last checked: 2023-12-20
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