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

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.

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—

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

may require him to attend at a specified time of day or during specified hours.

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—

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,

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

may require him to attend at a specified time of day or during specified hours.

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).

Before a person arrested under subsection (3) is released—

he may be removed to a place where his fingerprints may conveniently be taken; and

his fingerprints may be taken (whether or not he is so removed).

A requirement imposed under subsection (1) ceases to have effect at the end of the relevant period (as defined by section 141).

Section 142: Attendance for fingerprinting.

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