Editing Arrest (section)

===United Kingdom===
{{See also|Right to silence in England and Wales }}
In the United Kingdom, a person must be told that they are under arrest in simple, non-technical language, the essential legal and factual grounds for his arrest. A person must be 'cautioned' when being arrested or subject to a criminal prosecution procedure, unless this is impractical due to the behaviour of the arrested person.

The caution required in England and Wales states,
{{blockquote|You are under arrest on suspicion of [''offence'']. You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence.}}

Minor deviations from the words of any caution given do not constitute a breach of the Code of Practise, provided the sense of the caution is preserved.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pace-code-g-2012|title=PACE Code G 2012|website=GOV.UK|language=en|access-date=2018-05-23|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212075943/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pace-code-g-2012|archive-date=December 12, 2023}}</ref>

The caution required in Scotland states:

{{blockquote|You are not obliged to say anything, but anything you do say will be noted and may be used in evidence.<ref>[[Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984]], [http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?ActiveTextDocId=1871591 section 28] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223357/http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?ActiveTextDocId=1871591 |date=20 February 2009 }}.</ref><ref>{{cite BAILII | litigants = Taylor v Thames Valley Police | link =  | country =  | court = EWCA | division = Civ | year = 2004 | num = 858 | para =  | eucase =  | parallelcite = [2004] 1 WLR 3155, [2004] 3 All ER 503 | date = 6 July 2004 | courtname = [[Court of Appeal of England and Wales|Court of Appeal]] | juris = }}</ref><ref>[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080107222454/http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/news-and-publications/publication/operational-policing/PACECodeCH.pdf?version=1 Code C] to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, para. 10.5.</ref>}}