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In some jurisdictions, individuals may be detained by police for questioning or for the execution of a search of a person, place, or thing. [10] Individuals may also be detained by private individuals pending the arrival of police or other relevant law enforcement agency, often referred to as a citizen's arrest.
2305 people were detained in "removal centres" in the UK under Immigration Act powers (this figure excludes those held in prisons) 1980 immigration detainees were male; 35 children under 18 were detained; 1640 detainees had claimed asylum at some stage; Once detained it is possible to apply for bail.
Working practice for enforcement immigration officers is based on the fact they are seeking to arrest or detain people who are already in the UK and have committed indictable offences. People arrested under immigration law are treated in the same way as those arrested by police for other offences.
A citizen's arrest is an arrest made by a private citizen – a person who is not acting as a sworn law-enforcement official. [1] In common law jurisdictions, the practice dates back to medieval England and the English common law, in which sheriffs encouraged ordinary citizens to help apprehend law breakers.
The police may arrest a person according to a warrant issued by a Magistrate under sections 31, 72, 73 or 74 of the Magistrates Ordinance. For example, an arrest warrant may be issued if an accused person does not appear in Court when he is due to answer a charge. However, an arrest warrant is not always necessary.
Russian arrest warrant for UK journalist ‘is desperate rhetoric’, No 10 says. 15:54, Jabed Ahmed. ... India trade deal should secure release of detained British citizen, says MP.
Territorial police constables have certain powers of arrest in another one of the UK's three legal jurisdictions than they were attested in. There are four main provisions for them to do so – arrest with a warrant, arrest without a warrant for an offence committed in their home jurisdiction whilst in another jurisdiction, arrest without a ...
Administrative detention is arrest and detention of individuals by the state without trial.A number of jurisdictions claim that it is done for security reasons. Many countries [1] claim to use administrative detention as a means to combat terrorism or rebellion, to control illegal immigration, or to otherwise protect the ruling regime.