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🇬🇧 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandConstitution

Human Rights Act 1998

1

Right to liberty and security

Jurisdiction
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Provision
1
Source language
English
Recorded status
in force
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Recorded status
in force

Provision text

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Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one shall be deprived of his liberty save in the following cases and in accordance with a procedure prescribed by law: a the lawful detention of a person after conviction by a competent court; b the lawful arrest or detention of a person for non-compliance with the lawful order of a court or in order to secure the fulfilment of any obligation prescribed by law; c the lawful arrest or detention of a person effected for the purpose of bringing him before the competent legal authority on reasonable suspicion of having committed an offence or when it is reasonably considered necessary to prevent his committing an offence or fleeing after having done so; d the detention of a minor by lawful order for the purpose of educational supervision or his lawful detention for the purpose of bringing him before the competent legal authority; e the lawful detention of persons for the prevention of the spreading of infectious diseases, of persons of unsound mind, alcoholics or drug addicts or vagrants; f the lawful arrest or detention of a person to prevent his effecting an unauthorised entry into the country or of a person against whom action is being taken with a view to deportation or extradition.

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Human Rights Act 1998 · legislation.gov.uk · Retrieved 17 August 2026.

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