Police powers to hold passports and travel documents at ports
Police powers to hold passports and travel documents at ports
14 The police have identified a particular gap where an individual stopped at a port is suspected, on the basis of an examination undertaken and/or other intelligence, of wanting to travel abroad for terrorism related purposes. At present no power exists short of arrest and so the police have requested powers to enable the temporary holding of travel documents from such individuals for sufficient, though limited, period to enable further investigations to be undertaken.
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Woah, the police can confiscate your passport on the basis of, er, no actual evidence?! So this will be a free country that you are not free to leave if you so desire.
Posted by: Richard | June 18, 2007 10:20 PM