# The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, Article 31: Voluntary attendance at police station etc.


(1) Where for the purpose of assisting with an investigation a person attends voluntarily at a police station or at any other place where a constable is present or accompanies a constable to a police station or any such other place without having been arrested—
(a) he shall be entitled to leave at will unless he is placed under arrest;
(b) he shall be informed at once that he is under arrest if a decision is taken by a constable to prevent him from leaving at will.
(2) Where—
(a) a person is taken to a police station in pursuance of a direction under section 16 of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953; and
(b) while he is there it appears to a constable that he is liable to arrest for an offence,
he shall be arrested for that offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/1341/article/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-northern-ireland-order-1989/article-31
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