(a)the time at which any order for investigation reached him or her;
Section history
Section 19 — Diary of proceedings in investigation
As in force on 1 July 2025.
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- 2 January 2011 Enacted
- 31 August 2012 Revised edition
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(1)A police officer conducting any investigation under this Part must keep a daily diary of his or her progress, setting out —
(b)the times at which he or she began and closed his or her investigation;
(c)the places he or she visited; and
(d)the findings of his or her investigation.
(2)Despite anything in the Evidence Act 1893, an accused is not entitled to call for or inspect such a diary before or during an inquiry, a trial or other proceeding under this Code.
(3)Where, for the purposes of section 161 or 162 of the Evidence Act 1893, the police officer conducting the investigation refers to such a diary, then —
(a)the accused may be shown only the entries in the diary that the officer or prosecutor has referred to; and
(b)the prosecutor must conceal or obliterate any other entries.