!!!Festnahme, vorläufige
Detention, Provisional, law enforcement agents may arrest for a
maximum of 48 hours persons suspected of committing, or about to
commit a crime, persons caught in the act of committing a crime, in
danger of committing a crime or by court order, provided grounds for
arrest are present (no valid identification, danger of flight, danger
of committing a crime) (§ 35 Administrative Penal Law,
§ 177 Rules of Criminal Procedure). The arrested party is to
be questioned within the given period of time. In the case of any
actions punishable by a court of law, a ruling on whether to take the
arrested person into pre-trial custody must be made within 48 hours
after presentation to the court.
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