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Police Law - Ninth Edition

September 2006 Chapter Updates

Police Law tenth edition is now available! To find out more and to register for updates to the tenth edition, please visit the companion website.

Please note that this site will be removed on 1st May 2007.

Welcome to the updates to chapters page for January 2007

Updates can be viewed by clicking on the relevant chapter number in the list below.

Chapters which have been updated in January 2007 are highlighted as New in the index below. Updates can be viewed by clicking on the relevant chapter number in the list below.

The chapter updates are cumulative and contain the October 2005, January 2006, April 2006, September 2006, and January 2007 quarterly updates.

Update material added in January 2007 is marked with:
[NEW January 2007]

Only chapters that have updates are linked.

Please note that some updates are not yet in force, this is marked clearly at the end of the relevant paragraph by: [not yet in force].

• Chapter 1 - General Principles
• Chapter 2 - Elements of Criminal Procedure
• Chapter 3 - Police Powers
• Chapter 4 - Police Questioning and the Rights of Suspects
• Chapter 5 - Treatment, Charging and Bail of Detained Persons
• Chapter 6 - Identification Methods
• Chapter 7 - The Law of Evidence
• Chapter 8 - The Police
• Chapter 9 - Traffic: General Provisions New
• Chapter 10 - Use of Vehicles
• Chapter 11 - Control of Vehicles New
• Chapter 12 - Public Service Vehicles
• Chapter 13 - Goods Vehicles
• Chapter 14 - Lights and Vehicles
• Chapter 15 - Traffic Accidents
• Chapter 16 - Drinking Offences New
• Chapter 17 - Drinking or Drug-taking and Driving
• Chapter 18 - Children and Young Pesrons
• Chapter 19 - Licensed Premises, Licensed Persons, Clubs, Places of Entertainment and Offences of Drunkeness
• Chapter 20 - Betting, Gaming and Lotteries New
• Chapter 21 - Aliens
• Chapter 22 - Animals, Birds and Plants
• Chapter 23 - Game Laws
• Chapter 24 - Firearms
• Chapter 25 - Explosives
• Chapter 26 - Railways
• Chapter 27 - Pedlars, Vagrancy and Dealers
• Chapter 28 - Non-fatal Offences against the Person
• Chapter 29 - Disputes
• Chapter 30 - Homicide and Abortion
• Chapter 31 - Public Order Offences other than those Related to Sporting Events or Industrial Disputes New
• Chapter 32 - Public Order Offences Related to Sporting Events and those Connected with Industrial Disptes
• Chapter 33 - Sexual Offences, Child Abduction and Kidnapping
• Chapter 34 - Offences Related to Prostitution, Obscenity and Indecent Photographs
• Chapter 35 - Drugs
• Chapter 36 - Theft and Related Offences, Robbery, and Blackmail
• Chapter 37 - Criminal Damage
• Chapter 38 - Burglary
• Chapter 39 - Offences of Fraud and Corruption New
• Chapter 40 - Handling Stolen Goods and Related Offences New
• Chapter 41 - Forgery and Counterfeiting
• Chapter 42 - Preventive Justice New

• New Legislation New