C2 Part XI Miscellaneous and Supplementary

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1C3117 Power of constable to use reasonable force.

Where any provision of this Act—

a

confers a power on a constable; and

b

does not provide that the power may only be exercised with the consent of some person, other than a police officer,

the officer may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of the power.