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,(c)	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
(c)	Documentation

10.	 Cautions- Page 33
(a) When a caution must be given
(b) Terms of the cautions
(c) 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
(c)	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
(c)       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