Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/60/section/61/2010-01-12
Timestamp: 2019-09-22 21:40:56
Document Index: 301501563

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2']

Point in Time (12/01/2010)
Version Superseded: 07/03/2011
Point in time view as at 12/01/2010. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, Section 61 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 22 September 2019. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
[F2(3A)[F3Where a person mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) or (4) has already had his fingerprints taken in the course of the investigation of the offence by the police], that fact shall be disregarded for the purposes of that subsection if—
(7)In a case where by virtue of [F8subsection (3), (4) or (6)] above a person’s fingerprints are taken without the appropriate consent—
[F9(7A)If a person’s fingerprints are taken at a police station, whether with or without the appropriate consent—
(8)If he is detained at a police station when the fingerprints are taken, the reason for taking them [F10and, in the case falling within subsection (7A) above, the fact referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection] shall be recorded on his custody record.
(8A)F11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F12(8B)The power to take the fingerprints of a person detained at a police station without the appropriate consent shall be exercisable by any constable.]
[F13(b)applies to a person arrested or detained under the terrorism provisions.]
[F14(10)Nothing in this section applies to a person arrested under an extradition arrest power.]
F8Words in s. 61(7) substituted (5.4.2004) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 9(5), 336; S.I. 2004/829, art. 2(1)(2)(a) (subject to art. 2(3)-(6))
F9S. 61(7A) inserted (10.4.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 168(2), Sch. 10 para. 56(a); S.I. 1995/721, art. 2, Sch. Appendix A
F10Words in s. 61(8) inserted (10.4.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 168(2), Sch. 10 para. 56(b); S.I. 1995/721, art. 2, Sch. Appendix A
F11S. 61(8A) repealed (12.1.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 112(1)(2), 116(6), Sch. 7 para. 127(2), Sch. 8 Pt. 13
F12S. 61(8B) inserted (2.12.2002) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 107, Sch. 7 para. 9(3); S.I. 2002/2750, art. 2(b)(ii)
F13S. 61(9)(b) substituted (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, s. 125, Sch. 15 para. 5(7) (with s. 129(1)); S.I. 2001/421 art. 2
F14S. 61(10) inserted (1.1.2004) by Extradition Act 2003 (c. 41), ss. 169(3), 221; S.I. 2003/3103, art. 2 (subject to savings in Order (as amended by S.I. 2003/3312, art. 2(2) and S.I. 2003/3258, art. 2(2)))