{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-318",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-318.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/52",
  "legislation_title": "Armed Forces Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006",
  "path": "section/318",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "318",
  "heading": "Arrest by civilian police of persons unlawfully at large",
  "text": "(1) A person who has been sentenced to service detention and who is unlawfully at large—\n(a) may be arrested without a warrant by a civilian policeman; and\n(b) may be taken to the place in which he is required in accordance with law to be detained.\n(2) Section 301(4) (cases where persons temporarily released from service detention are unlawfully at large) applies for the purposes of this section.\n(3) In this section “civilian policeman” has the same meaning as in section 314.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 318(1)(a) substituted (12.5.2016) by Armed Forces Act 2016 (c. 21), s. 19(2)(b), Sch. para. 9(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 318(3) inserted (12.5.2016) by Armed Forces Act 2016 (c. 21), s. 19(2)(b), Sch. para. 9(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 318 in force at 28.3.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 318 in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/section/318",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:24.063324+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}