13 Powers relating to suspects and potential witnesses
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

Detention and questioning

13  Powers relating to suspects and potential witnesses

(1)     Where a constable has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person has committed or is committing an offence at any place, he may require—

(a)     that person, if the constable finds him at that place or at any place where the constable is entitled to be, to give [the information mentioned in subsection (1A) below] and may ask him for an explanation of the circumstances which have given rise to the constable's suspicion;

(b)     any other person whom the constable finds at that place or at any place where the constable is entitled to be and who the constable believes has information relating to the offence, to give [the information mentioned in subsection (1A) below].

[(1A)     That information is—

(a)     the person's name;

(b)     the person's address;

(c)     the person's date of birth;

(d)     the person's place of birth (in such detail as the constable considers necessary or expedient for the purpose of establishing the person's identity); and

(e)     the person's nationality.]

[(1B)     The constable may, if

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