(1) The police report shall state:
(a) The date and time when each phase of investigations started and ended;
(b) The full name and the status of the investigator;
(c) Where necessary, the authorization referred to in section 88 (2).
(2) Each sheet of the original of the report or of the statement register shall bear the signature
of the investigator;
(3) When all or part of a written report l"!" is devoted to the recording of statements from or to
the confrontation of persons the said persons shall, after the reading and, where necessary,
interpretation of the statements, initial each sheet of the report and all erasures, alterations
and interlineations therein. The interpreters shall also initial each sheet of the report and all
erasures, alterations and interlineations not initialled shall be inadmissible.
(4) The last page of the report or statement register shall be signed by the maker, the
investigator and by the interpreters, if any.
(5) Any person asked to sign a report or statement register but who does not know or cannot
sign shall be asked to affix his right thumb-print to the document. Where this is not possible
the investigator shall choose any other finger and authenticate its print.
(6) The investigator shall, in case of refusal to sign or thumb-print, mention this fact in his
report.
(7) Any person asked to sign a report
or statement register may make any necessary reservations thereon before signing it. Such
reservation shall be explicit and unambiguous.
(8) Any person who is called upon make a statement may either dictate it the investigator or
write it in a statement register or where there is none, write it on - any sheet of paper.
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In force from 27-07-2005
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