Country: Belgium

What is police custody under belgian law?

Liberty deprivation of a person in order to keep her available for police officers
Which authority is competent to make an administrative arrest?

Administrative police officers
On what grounds and when can someone be arrested (administrative arrest)?

– Disturbation of public peace, – Obstacles to the freedom of movements, – Reasonable grounds to believe that the person is going to commit an offence to the public peace or to the public security. – Interruption of the infractions above.
Is there a form of administrative arrest?

Yes.
Which authority is competent to make a judicial arrest?

– In case of flagrance: any agent of public force or any individual. – In any other case : Royal Prosecutor or Investigating Judge.
On what grounds and when can someone be arrested (judicial arrest)?

– In case of flagrance offences – In case of offences which deem flagrant – In case of offences which are assimilated to flagrance – In case of serious evidences of guilt.
What is a judicial arrest under belgian law?

– Liberty deprivation of an individual in order to research, pursue and repress the offence. It’s permitted only for offences and not for simple contraventions.