{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984/section-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984/section-45.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/45",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Detention before charge—supplementary.",
  "text": "(1) In sections 43, 44 and 45ZB of this Act “magistrates’ court” means a court consisting of two or more justices of the peace sitting otherwise than in open court.\n(2) Any reference in this Part of this Act to a period of time or a time of day is to be treated as approximate only.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 45(1) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 3.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), ss. 74(3), 183(1)(5)(e); S.I. 2017/399, reg. 2, Sch. para. 23"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/60/section/45",
    "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."
}