# Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, Section 142: Attendance for fingerprinting.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(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.
(2) 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 a 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 a 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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/33/section/142 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/section-142
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