# Road Traffic Act 1972, Section 23: Pedestrians to comply with directions to stop given by constables regulating vehicular traffic


Where a constable in uniform is for the time being engaged in the regulation of vehicular traffic in a road, a person on foot who proceeds across or along the carriageway in contravention of a direction to stop given by the constable, in the execution of his duty, either to persons on foot or to persons on foot and other traffic, shall be guilty of an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/20/section/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1972/section-23
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