# The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, Rule 34.5: Duty of person keeping exhibit

Extent: E+W

A person who, under arrangements made by the magistrates’ court officer, keeps a document or object exhibited in the proceedings in the magistrates’ court must—
(a) keep that exhibit until—
(i) 6 weeks after the conclusion of those proceedings, or
(ii) the conclusion of any proceedings in the Crown Court that begin within that 6 weeks,
unless the magistrates’ court or the Crown Court otherwise directs; and
(b) provide the Crown Court with any such document or object for which the Crown Court officer asks, within such period as the Crown Court officer may require.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/34.5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-34.5
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