Disclosure of Interest

Disclosure of interest in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of disclosure of interest.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• disclosure of interest in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• disclosure of interest in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Disclosure of Interest

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Disclosure of Interest : The duty of local authority members to disclose (at the time or by prior notice to the authority) any pecuniary interest they or their spouses have in any matter discussed at a local authority meeting. They must also abstain from speaking and voting on it. Breach of the duty is a criminal offence.