HC Deb 15 May 1984 vol 60 c277

Amendments made: No. 64, in page 22, line 20, leave out 'Where' and insert 'subject to subsection (5) below, where'.

No 65, in page 22, line 20, leave out 'constable arrests a person otherwise than by informing him';

and insert 'person is arrested otherwise than by being informed'.

No. 66, in page 22, line 24, leave out 'Subsection' and insert 'Where a person is arrested by a constable, subsection'.

No. 67, in page 22, line 26, leave out 'No' and insert 'Subject to subsection (5) below, no'.

No. 68, in page 22, line 26, leave out 'by a constable'

No. 69, in page 22, line 29, leave out 'Subsection' and insert 'Where a person is arrested by a constable, subsection'.

No. 70, in page 22, line 30, at end insert— '(5) nothing in this section is to be taken to require a person to be informed—

  1. (a) that he is under arrest; or
  2. (b) of the ground for the arrest,
if it was not reasonably practicable for him to be so informed by reason of his having escaped from arrest before the information could be given.'.—[Mr. Hurd.]

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