Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Information to Police and Powers of Investigation
19. Diary of proceedings in investigation
Feedback & supportA police officer conducting any investigation under this Part must keep a daily diary of his or her progress, setting out —
police officer
“police officer” has the meaning given by the Police Force Act 2004;
the time at which any order for investigation reached him or her;
the times at which he or she began and closed his or her investigation;
the places he or she visited; and
the findings of his or her investigation.
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.
proceeding
“proceeding” includes a criminal case disclosure conference and a case conference, held under Part 9 or 10, as the case may be;
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 —
the accused may be shown only the entries in the diary that the officer or prosecutor has referred to; and
the prosecutor must conceal or obliterate any other entries.