POLICE
CUSTODY
NOTIFICATION
OF NEXT OF KIN
•
In general, you have the right to notify the people you
livewith or another person of your choice of your whereabouts
within two hours of being brought to the police station.
• However, the Police are allowed to delay notifying
your next of kin if this would seriously impede their
investigations.
• If you are under the age of 18 years, the Police
will normally notify your family regardless of your wishes.
NOTIFYING
YOUR EMBASSY
•
If you are a foreign citizen, you have the right to notify
your country’s embassy or consulate that you have
been arrested.
CONTACT
WITH A LAWYER
•
You have the right to contact a lawyer within two hours
of being brought to the police station.
• If you were arrested after 10 PM, contact with
a lawyer may be postponed until the following morning.
• You have the right to choose which lawyer you want
to contact.
STATEMENT
TO THE POLICE
•
You are obligated to tell the Police your name, date of
birth, profession and address when they ask you.
• You do not have to tell the Police anything else.You
have the
right to refuse to answer questions and you can choose
to
answer some question and not others.
APPEARANCE
IN COURT
•
If you are not released, the Police must let a judge decide
at the first possible opportunity whether you shall continue
to be kept in custody. Normally, you will appear before
a judge the day after you were arrested.
• However, if you were arrested on a Friday or Saturday
or on the day before a Norwegian public holiday, the Police
are normally entitled to hold you in custody until the
next working day, before you appear in court.
MATTRESS
AND BLANKETS IN THE POLICE CELLS
•
You are entitled to a clean mattress and blankets if you
have to spend the night in a police cell.
• If the Police believe that giving you a mattress
and blankets may pose a risk to your safety, they are
entitled to delay giving you bedding.
HEALTH
CARE IN POLICE CUSTODY
•
You have the right to contact a medical practitioner within
two hours of being brought to the police station.
• This contact shall consist in the police or you
calling a doctor or other medical practitioner. If you
make the call, the police have the right to check that
it is a medical practitioner that answers the telephone.
After this, you have the right to talk to your doctor
directly without being monitored.
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