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The Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I INTRODUCTORY

    1. 1.Title and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART II POWERS TO STOP AND SEARCH

    1. 3.Power to stop and search for prohibited fireworks

    2. 4.Provisions relating to searches

    3. 5.Duty to make records concerning searches

    4. 6.Road checks

  4. PART III POWERS OF ENTRY, SEARCH AND SEIZURE

    1. 7.Search warrants

    2. 8.Special procedure material

    3. 9.Search warrants – safeguards

    4. 10.Execution of warrants

    5. 11.Entry for purposes of arrest, etc.

    6. 12.Entry and search after arrest

    7. 13.Access and copying

    8. 14.Retention

  5. PART IV ARREST

    1. 15.Powers of arrest

    2. 16.Fingerprinting of certain offenders

    3. 17.Search upon arrest

    4. 18.Arrested juveniles

  6. PART V DETENTION

    1. 19.Detention reviews

    2. 20.Use of telephone for review of detention

    3. 21.Authorisation of continued detention

    4. 22.Warrants of further detention

    5. 23.Use of video conferencing facilities for decisions about detention

    6. 24.Bail after arrest

  7. PART VI QUESTIONING AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS BY POLICE

    1. 25.Definitions

    2. 26.Intimate searches

    3. 27.Right to have someone informed when arrested

    4. 28.Access to legal advice

    5. 29.Visual recording of interviews

    6. 30.Fingerprinting

    7. 31.Impressions of footwear

    8. 32.Intimate samples

    9. 33.Non-intimate samples

    10. 34.Fingerprints and samples: supplementary

    11. 35.Destruction of fingerprints and samples

    12. 36.Photographing of suspects. etc

  8. PART VII CODES OF PRACTICE

    1. 37.Codes of practice

  9. PART VIII EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

    1. 38.Confessions by mentally handicapped persons

  10. PART IX POLICE: GENERAL

    1. 39.Police officers performing duties of higher rank

  11. PART X SUPPLEMENTARY

    1. 40.Regulations

    2. 41.Minor amendment and repeals

  12. Signature

  13. SCHEDULES:

    1. Schedule 1

      Powers of arrest: supplementary

    2. Schedule 2

      Repeals

  14. Explanatory Note

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