{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984/section-117",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984/section-117.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/60",
  "legislation_title": "Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984",
  "path": "section/117",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "117",
  "heading": "Power of constable to use reasonable force.",
  "text": "Where any provision of this Act—\n(a) confers a power on a constable; and\n(b) does not provide that the power may only be exercised with the consent of some person, other than a police officer,\nthe officer may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of the power.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 117 applied (with modifications) (1.1.1986) by S.I. 1985/1882, art. 11;S. 117 applied (with modifications) (1.2.1997) by S.I. 1997/15, art. 2(1), Sch.S. 117 applied (with modifications) (31.12.2006) by The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2015), arts. 2, 3, Schs. 1-3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 117 applied (with modifications) (30.4.2017) by The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to Labour Abuse Prevention Officers) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/520), regs. 1, 2, 3(v), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 117 applied (with modifications) (7.4.2026) by The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to Enforcement Officers) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/303), regs. 1(1), 3, 4(v), Sch. paras. 1-10, 23"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/60/section/117",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:58.179601+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."
}