Notice of rights and entitlements: a person's rights in police detention
The notice of rights and entitlements sets out a person's rights while in police detention and is issued in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act Code of Practice C, paragraph 3.2.
Your rights while in police detention
The revised English language version was introduced on 21 August 2019. The changes are highlighted in grey in the English language version. Until translations become available, detainees will need to be told about the changes through an interpreter.
You can find the previous versions of these notices at the the national archives.
You can also read the full Police and Criminal Evidence Act codes of practice
| Language (English) | Language (language specific) | Text (PDF) |
|---|---|---|
| English | English | English text |
| English: easy read | English: easy read | Easy read text |
| Welsh | Cymraeg | Welsh text |
| Albanian | Shqip | Albanian text |
| Amharic | አማርኛ | Amharic text |
| Arabic | العربية | Arabic text |
| Bengali | বাংলা | Bengali text |
| Bulgarian | български | Bulgarian text |
| Chinese simplified (Mandarin) | 简体字 | Chinese simplified text |
| Chinese traditional (Cantonese) | 繁體字 | Chinese traditional text |
| Croatian | Hrvatski | Croatian text |
| Czech | Česky | Czech text |
| Danish | Dansk | Danish text |
| Dari | دری | Dari text |
| Dutch | Nederlands | Dutch text |
| Estonian | Eesti keel | Estonian text |
| Farsi | فارسی | Farsi text |
| Finnish | Suomi | Finnish text |
| French | Français | French text |
| Georgian | ქართული | Georgian text |
| German | Deutsch | German text |
| Greek | ελληνικά | Greek text |
| Gujarati | ગુજરાતી | Gujarati text |
| Hausa | هَوُسَ | Hausa text |
| Hindi | हिन्दी | Hindi text |
| Hungarian | Magyar | Hungarian text |
| Igbo | Asụsụ Igbo | Igbo text |
| Italian | Italiano | Italian text |
| Korean | 한국어/조선말 | Korean text |
| Kurdish Kurmanji | Kurmancî | Kurdish Kurmanji text |
| Kurdish Sorani | کوردیی ناوەندی | Kurdish Sorani text |
| Latvian | Latviešu | Latvian text |
| Lithuanian | Lietuvių | Lithuanian text |
| Maltese | Malti | Maltese text |
| Norwegian | Norsk | Norwegian text |
| Pashto | پښتو | Pashto text |
| Polish | Polski | Polish text |
| Portuguese | Português | Portuguese text |
| Punjabi | Panjābī | Punjabi text |
| Romanian | Română | Romanian text |
| Russian | Pусский | Russian text |
| Shona | chiShona | Shona text |
| Slovak | Slovenčina | Slovak text |
| Slovenian | Slovenščina | Slovenian text |
| Somali | Soomaaliga | Somali text |
| Spanish | Español | Spanish text |
| Swedish | Svenska | Swedish text |
| Tamil | தமிழ் | Tamil text |
| Thai | ไทย | Thai text |
| Tigrinya | ትግርኛ | Tigrinya text |
| Turkish | Türkçe | Turkish text |
| Twi | tɕɥi | Twi text |
| Ukranian | украї́нська | Ukranian text |
| Urdu | اُردُو | Urdu text |
| Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt | Vietnamese text |
| Yoruba | Yorùbá | Yoruba text |
Updates to this page
Published 26 March 2013Last updated 20 August 2019 + show all updates
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Updated to show that a new English language version was introduced on 21 August 2019.
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New version of notice of rights of entitlements published.
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New translations published.
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First published.