(1)The Secretary of State may, by notice in writing, require a person to whom section 141 applies to attend at a specified place for fingerprinting.
(2)The notice—
(a)must give the person concerned a period of at least seven days within which to attend, beginning not earlier than seven days after the date of the notice; and
(b)may require him to attend at a specified time of day or during specified hours.
(3)A constable or immigration officer may arrest without warrant a person who has failed to comply with a requirement imposed on him under this section (unless the requirement has ceased to have effect).
(4)Before a person arrested under subsection (3) is released—
(a)he may be removed to a place where his fingerprints may conveniently be taken; and
(b)his fingerprints may be taken (whether or not he is so removed).
(5)A requirement imposed under subsection (1) ceases to have effect at the end of the relevant period (as defined by section 141).