If the arrested person is a foreign national, he or she has the right to notify or to have notified and to communicate orally or in writing with the liaison office or the diplomatic mission of the State of which he or she is a national or with the representative of a competent international organization, if he or she is a refugee or is otherwise under the protection of an international organization. (Article 214 (2) PCPC) An arrested person has the right to notify or to require the police to notify a family member or another appropriate person of his or her choice about the arrest and the place of detention, immediately after the arrest, and about any subsequent change in the place of detention, immediately after such change. (Article 215 (1) PCPC) When an arrested person has not reached the age of eighteen years, the police shall notify the legal representative of the arrested person about the arrest and the place of detention immediately after the arrest, and about any subsequent change in the place of detention, immediately after such change. If such notification is impossible, would be detrimental to the interests of the arrested person or is expressly refused by the arrested person, the police shall notify the Centre for Social Work. (Article 215 (2) PCPC) When an arrested person displays signs of mental disorder or disability, the police shall notify a person nominated by the arrested person and the Centre for Social Work about the arrest and the place of detention immediately after the arrest, and about any subsequent change in the place of detention, immediately after such change. (Article 215 (3) PCPC) Notification of a family member or another appropriate person in accordance with paragraph 1 of the present article may be delayed for up to twenty-four hours where the public prosecutor determines that the delay is required by the exceptional needs of the investigation of the case. There shall be no delay if the arrested person is under 18 years of age or displays signs of mental disorder or disability. (Article 215 (4) PCPC) Everyone who is arrested shall be informed promptly, in a language which he understands, of the reasons for his arrest and of any charge against him. (Article 5 (2) ECHR) 11

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