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Notice To Commonweath Police

This notice informs all police officers that under common law, citizens have no duty to identify themselves or carry identification unless under arrest. It cites two court cases, Koechlin v. Waugh from 1957 and ANDREW HAMILTON v. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS from 2011, that found citizens have no obligation to stop for police or answer questions without being under arrest, as requiring this would detract from common law freedoms.

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Notice To Commonweath Police

This notice informs all police officers that under common law, citizens have no duty to identify themselves or carry identification unless under arrest. It cites two court cases, Koechlin v. Waugh from 1957 and ANDREW HAMILTON v. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS from 2011, that found citizens have no obligation to stop for police or answer questions without being under arrest, as requiring this would detract from common law freedoms.

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TO ALL POLICE OFFICERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH

NOTICE

COMMON LAW EXERCISE OF RIGHTS


NO IMPLIED CONSENT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

NO DUTY TO IDENTIFY SELF


The Common Law does not require a citizen to identify oneself or carry identification of any kind Koechlin v. Waugh (1957)

NO STATUTE AUTHORITY
An ancient principle of the common law that a person not under arrest has no obligation to stop for police, or answer their questions, and there is no statute that removes that. The conferring of such a power on a police officer would be a substantial detraction from the fundamental freedoms which have been guaranteed to the citizen by common law for centuries Justice Stephen Kaye ANDREW HAMILTON v. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS December 25, 2011, Victorian Supreme Court (s 272 of the Criminal Procedure Act. Supreme Court of Melbourne, Common Law Division Judicial Review and Appeals List No SCI 2011 2013 on the 25 Nov 2011.)

Signed.

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