PART IIPolice Powers
Fingerprinting9
1
Article 61 of the 1989 Order (which regulates the taking of fingerprints) shall be amended as follows.
2
After paragraph (7) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
7A
If a person's fingerprints are taken at a police station, whether with or without the appropriate consent—
a
before the fingerprints are taken, an officer shall inform him that they may be the subject of a speculative search; and
b
the fact that the person has been informed of this possibility shall be recorded as soon as is practicable after the fingerprints have been taken.
3
In paragraph (8), after the word “them” there shall be inserted the words “and, in the case falling within paragraph (7A), the fact referred to in sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph”
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Para. (4) rep. by 1996 c.22