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PACE 1984 s.61A

The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 provision (inserted by the Criminal Justice Act 2003) allowing a UK constable to compel a handwriting sample from a detained suspect without their consent, for use in investigation of a recordable offence.

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Character inventoryComparable textContemporaneityCourse-of-business writingsGilbert v. California (1967)Natural variationRequest writingsSection 73 IEA / BSA 2023Sufficient quantity

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