{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-act-2003/section-166",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-act-2003/section-166.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/41",
  "legislation_title": "Extradition Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extradition-act-2003",
  "path": "section/166",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "166",
  "heading": "Fingerprints and samples",
  "text": "(1) This section applies if a person has been arrested under an extradition arrest power and is detained at a police station.\n(2) Fingerprints may be taken from the person only if they are taken by a constable—\n(a) with the appropriate consent given in writing, or\n(b) without that consent, under subsection (4).\n(3) A non-intimate sample may be taken from the person only if it is taken by a constable—\n(a) with the appropriate consent given in writing, or\n(b) without that consent, under subsection (4).\n(4) Fingerprints or a non-intimate sample may be taken from the person without the appropriate consent only if a police officer of at least the rank of inspector authorises the fingerprints or sample to be taken.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act wholly in force at 1.1.2004, see s. 221 and S.I. 2003/3103, art. 2 (subject to arts. 3-5) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3258 art. 2(2) and S.I. 2003/3312 art. 2(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/41/section/166",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:50.673746+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."
}