Part VII Power To Arrest, Search and Fingerprint
Fingerprinting
142 Attendance for fingerprinting.
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.
F12
In the case of a notice given to a person of a kind specified in section 141(7)(a) to (d) or (f) (in so far as it applies to F2a member of the family of, or a dependant of, a person of a kind specified in section 141(7)(a) to (d)), the notice—
a
must require him to attend during a specified period of at least seven days beginning with a day not less than seven days after the date given in the notice as its date of issue, and
b
may require him to attend at a specified time of day or during specified hours.
2A
In the case of a notice given to a person of a kind specified in section 141(7)(e) or (f) (in so far as it applies to F3a member of the family of a person of a kind specified in section 141(7)(e)), the notice—
a
may require him to attend during a specified period beginning with a day not less than three days after the date given in the notice as its date of issue,
b
may require him to attend on a specified day not less than three days after the date given in the notice as its date of issue, and
c
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).