Catalogue description Director of Public Prosecutions: Policy and Procedure Files (MISC Series)

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Reference: DPP 6
Title: Director of Public Prosecutions: Policy and Procedure Files (MISC Series)
Description:

Files of the Director of Public Prosecutions containing papers arising from requests from the Home Office, Treasury Solicitor, various other government departments and Chief Constables to the Director for advice on matters of criminal law.

The series also includes files on prosecution policy and procedure within the Department. Most of the files date from 1951 onwards.

Date: 1941-1968
Arrangement:

The files are arranged in file order from 1951.

Separated material:

Those files in the series thought to be of value as a precedent are in DPP 5

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: MISC file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 91 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

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