# Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, Section 31: Arrest for further offence.


Where—
(a) a person—
(i) has been arrested for an offence; and
(ii) is at a police station in consequence of that arrest; and
(b) it appears to a constable that, if he were released from that arrest, he would be liable to arrest for some other offence,
he shall be arrested for that other offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/60/section/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984/section-31
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