Fiches Belges: Norway

Is this measure possible in your Member State under International Judicial Cooperation?

Yes The rules concerning fingerprints and photographing etc. of a suspect are found in the Prosecution Instructions chapter 11. According to the new The General Civil Penal Code § 162, any person is obliged to state their name, date and year of birth, position, or place of residence to a process server, police officer, or any public authority, when such information is required in the course of public duty, or who in such case states false name, date and year of birth, position, or place of residence, for himself or another, or who aids and abets such refusals or false statement, shall be liable to fines.

International legal framework applicable for this measure in your Member State

N/A

* receive the request/decision for judicial cooperation

N/A

* execute/recognise the measure (if other than the receiving authority)

N/A

Accepted languages for the request/decision

N/A

Deadlines for the execution of the request/decision (where applicable)

N/A

a. Special requirements

Decisions are made by the police, but without the consent of the suspected person a decision has to be made by the court regarding obtaining fingerprints or photographs of the suspected person.

b. Other useful information

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