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The Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c 28) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which increased police powers for the stated purpose of countering terrorism. The first reading of the bill was held in January 2008, and it received royal assent on 26 November 2008 following an episode of Parliamentary ping-pong on some of its most controversial issues.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Counter-Terrorism Bill 2007-08 )〕 The Act extended the limit on the period of detention of terror suspects without charge in England and Wales, from 28 to 42 days. ==Provisions of the Act== The Act as passed contains various notable provisions: *Removal of the prohibition on post-charge questioning. *Longer terrorism sentences. *A register and monitoring for those convicted of terrorism related offences, similar to the Violent and Sex Offender Register. *Changes to some of the rules surrounding the use of "intercept evidence". *Powers to seize the assets of convicted terrorists. *Police will be able to remove documents from a property search to decide whether or not they need to be legally seized as part of an investigation. *Greater use of DNA samples, and powers to allow the police to take fingerprints or DNA from those subject to a control order. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Counter-Terrorism Act 2008」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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