{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/schedule-10/paragraph-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/schedule-10/paragraph-56.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/33",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/56",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 61 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (which regulates the taking of fingerprints)—\n(a) after subsection (7) there shall be inserted the following subsection—\n“(7A) If a person’s fingerprints are taken at a police station, whether with or without the appropriate consent—\n(a) before the fingerprints are taken, an officer shall inform him that they may be the subject of a speculative search; and\n(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.”; and\n(b) in subsection (8), after the word “them” there shall be inserted the words “ and, in the case falling within subsection (7A) above, the fact referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/schedule/10/paragraph/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:43.965785+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}