# Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, Section 20: Extension of powers of seizure to computerised information.

Extent: E+W

(1) Every power of seizure which is conferred by an enactment to which this section applies on a constable who has entered premises in the exercise of a power conferred by an enactment shall be construed as including a power to require any information stored in any electronic form contained in a computer and accessible from the premises to be produced in a form in which it can be taken away and in which it is visible and legible or from which it can readily be produced in a visible and legible form.
(2) This section applies—
(a) to any enactment contained in an Act passed before this Act;
(b) to sections 8 and 18 above;
(c) to paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to this Act; and
(d) to any enactment contained in an Act passed after this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/60/section/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984/section-20
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