Section 60 of CJPOA and Section 43 of Terrorism Act: A Comparative Analysis

Running Head: BUSINESS AND CORPORATION LAW
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Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice
9/6/2019
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Discussion........................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
Protection to citizens seems to be one of the most basic agenda of every government and this is
the reason that different public order act law exists in different nations. In United Kingdom
(UK), Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (hereinafter referred as CJPOA) is one of the
lead legislation that has been developed to provide protection to citizens from other citizens and
to reduce the level of anti-social behaviors. To control such activities and situations, the
subjective act has been developed. In addition to this Terrorism Act 2000 is another important
act of UK that provides provisions related stop and search of citizens in particular cases. In the
presented report, the focus will be made on section 60 of the act and its relation to section 43 of
the Terrorism Act. Further the difference between section 60 of CJPOA and section 1 of the
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE Act), which is another legislation in the UK that
provides provisions related to police stop and search.
Discussion
Before moving the discussion towards the difference between powers granted to police under
section 60 of CJPOA and section 1 of PACEA, these powers are required to have a look upon.
Firstly, to inform that in England and Wales, all the police officers are constables in law no
matter what the rank of them. Section 60 of CJPOA grants limited powers to police. As per this
section, police officer or a person above the rank of inspector has powers to stop and search
people in a particular area during a defined period where they believe that some serious violence
may take place in England and Wales in his police area and it is necessary to prevent people
from doing such violence. The power may also be used where people have some offensive