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Section 59 Release without bail: fingerprinting and samplesI1

(1)

The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 61(5A) (fingerprinting of person arrested for a recordable offence) —

(a)

in paragraph (a) omit “in the case of a person who is on bail,”, and

(b)

in paragraph (b) omit “in any case,”.

(3)

In section 63(3ZA) (taking of non-intimate sample from person arrested for a recordable offence)—

(a)

in paragraph (a) omit “in the case of a person who is on bail,”, and

(b)

in paragraph (b) omit “in any case,”.

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S. 59 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 183