Country: Belgium
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What is legal duration of police custody?
24 hours maximum
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What are the legal safeguards for police custody?
Drawing up an official police custody order
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On what grounds and when can someone be placed in custody?
– Grounds for police custody are different in case of flagrance or in normal cases. – In normal cases an individual can be detain in police custody only if there are serious evidences of guilt.
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What is police custody under belgian law?
Liberty deprivation of a person in order to keep her available for police officers
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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.