Criminal Justice Act 1984
Access to solicitor and notification of detention.
5.—(1) Where a person not below the age of F19[eighteen years] is detained in a Garda Síochána station pursuant to section 4, the member of the Garda Síochána in charge of the station shall inform him or cause him to be informed without delay that he is entitled to consult a solicitor and to have notification of his detention and of the station where he is being detained sent to one other person reasonably named by him and shall, on request, cause the solicitor and the named person to be notified accordingly as soon as practicable.
(2) F20[…]
(3) If and for so long as the member of the Garda Síochána in charge of a Garda Síochána station in which a person is detained pursuant to section 4 has reasonable grounds for believing that the person is not below the age of F19[eighteen years], the provisions of subsection (1) shall apply as if he were of that age.
Annotations
Amendments:
F19
Substituted (1.05.2002) by Children Act 2001 (24/2001), s. 67, S.I. No. 151 of 2002.
F20
Deleted (1.05.2002) by Children Act 2001 (24/2001), s. 67, S. I. No. 151 of 2002.
Modifications (not altering text):
C18
Application of section extended (18.05.2007) by Criminal Justice Act 2007 (29/2007), s. 52, S.I. No. 236 of 2007, as amended (23.07.2009) by Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 (32/2009), s. 23(4), commenced on enactment; and as amended (20.11.2015) by Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 (11/2014), s. 108, S.I. No. 508 of 2015.
Application of certain provisions of Act of 1984.
52. —[(1) Sections 5, 6A, 18, 19 and 19A, subsections (4), (7), (8), (8A), (8B) and (11) of section 4 and subsections (1) to (4) of section 6 of the Act of 1984] shall apply with any necessary modifications in relation to persons detained under section 50 as they apply to persons detained under section 4 of that Act.
[(2) Sections 8 to 8I of the Act of 1984 shall, with the following and any other necessary modifications, apply to fingerprints, palm prints and photographs taken from or of a person detained under section 50 as they apply to fingerprints, palm prints and photographs taken from or of a person detained under section 4 of the Act of 1984:
(a) references to an offence to which section 4 of the Act of 1984 applies shall be construed as references to an offence to which section 4 of the Act of 1984 applies or an offence to which section 50 applies; and
(b) references to the detention of the person under section 4 of the Act of 1984 shall be construed as references to the detention of the person under section 50.]
C19
Application of section extended (9.09.1996) by Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 (29/1996), s. 5, S.I. No. 257 of 1996, as amended (23.07.2009) by Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 (32/2009), s. 22(3), commenced on enactment; and as amended (20.11.2015) by Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 (11/2014), s. 106, S.I. No. 508 of 2015.
Application of certain provisions of Act of 1984.
5.—[(1) Sections 5, 6A, 18, 19 and 19A, subsections (4), (7), (8), (8A), (8B) and (11) of section 4 and subsections (1) to (4) of section 6 of the Act of 1984] shall apply with any necessary modifications in relation to persons detained under section 2 as they apply to persons detained under section 4 of the Act of 1984.
[(2) Sections 8 to 8I of the Act of 1984 shall, with the following and any other necessary modifications, apply to fingerprints, palm prints and photographs taken from or of a person detained under section 2 as they apply to fingerprints, palm prints and photographs taken from or of a person detained under section 4 of the Act of 1984:
(a) references to an offence to which section 4 of the Act of 1984 applies shall be construed as references to an offence to which section 4 of the Act of 1984 applies or a drug trafficking offence; and
(b) references to the detention of the person under section 4 of the Act of 1984 shall be construed as references to the detention of the person under section 2.]