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10. Power to take fingerprints and samples: England and Wales

Omitted from 15 December 2011

(1) In section 61 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) (fingerprinting), after subsection (6B) insert -

"(6BA) A constable may take a person's fingerprints without the appropriate consent if the person is subject to a control order.".

(2) In section 63 of that Act (other samples), after subsection (3C) insert -

"(3D) A non -intimate sample may also be taken from a person without the appropriate consent if the person is subject to a control order.".

(3) In section 63A of that Act (fingerprints and samples: supplementary provisions) -

(a) in subsection (1) (checking against other fingerprints or samples), after "reported for such an offence" insert "or he is or has been subject to a control order";

(b) after subsection (6) insert -

"(6A) A constable may require a person who is subject to a control order to attend a police station in order to -

(a) have his fingerprints taken in accordance with section 61(6BA);

(b) have a non -intimate sample taken in accordance with

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