Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 Explanatory Notes

Section 142: Attendance for fingerprinting

390.This section provides for a person who is liable to be fingerprinted to attend for fingerprinting at a specified place. It also gives certain time limits within which this must take place. In addition, it also provides a constable or immigration officer with the power to arrest without warrant anyone who fails to comply with the conditions as set out in this section.

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