PART IVARREST

Voluntary attendance at police station etc.C1C231

F11

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—

a

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

b

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.

F22

Where—

a

a person is taken to a police station in pursuance of a direction under section 16 of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953; and

b

while he is there it appears to a constable that he is liable to arrest for an offence,

he shall be arrested for that offence.