55 to the custody rooms or elsewhere. Should an expecting woman or a woman with a child be arrested, they are placed not in a custody room but in the hallway of the reception area or in the adjacent room. Custody room at the Police Department The number of guards on duty in the custody unit depended on the number of persons taken into custody. There was one guard on duty at the time of the visit who explained that when he had to go to the restroom, the duty officer would send a replacement. He had his meals in the duty room while monitoring the displays. The guard was not armed. He was equipped with a nightstick, handcuffs, and a gas spray. At the time of the visit, there was only one arrestee (hereinafter the “man”) in the custody unit, who stated that he had been informed by the arresting officer about the reason of his arrest on the street while being taken into custody. The policemen also told him that he would be taken before the court within 72 hours. Immediately upon arriving at the Police Department, the man had to name the person he wanted to be notified. Although, pursuant to Section 18, Subsection (1) of Act XXXIV of 1994 on the Police (hereinafter the “Police Act”), the person taken into custody should have had the privilege to notify his next of kin, notifying relatives would be the duty officer’s responsibility. The duty officer dialed the number given by the man, then informed him that his family had been notified of the fact of his arrest and on the place where he was being held in custody. When placed in the custody room, the man first had to make a statement regarding any injuries he might have, then he was informed about administrative detention and his right to lodge a complaint. One hour after being placed in the custody room, he was interviewed in an office and briefed on his rights. He had to state whether he wanted a lawyer. The deprivation of liberty of the man taken into custody, i.e., his detention under Section 97h) of the Police Act, started not at his arrival at the Police Department but in the moment when the police patrol told him that he would be arrested for an administrative offense. Although, in my report № AJB151/2016, I had already pointed out that the person taken into custody is entitled to notify, without delay, his relative or a third person as of the first moment of his being in custody, 172 the arrest report did not contain any reference to having briefed the man on his aforementioned right or having ensured the conditions therefor. At the time of his reception, the search of the man’s clothing, during which he had to hand over his shoelaces and the string holding his pants, was conducted by persons of the same gender.173 He was given a copy of the list of his personal items taken into deposit. The man said that he had been asked if Clauses 23 and 30 of CPT/Inf (2001) 2; Clause 22 of CPT/Inf (2014) 13 Section 31(7) of Minister of Interior Decree 30/2011. (IX. 22.) BM on the Staff Regulations of the Police (hereinafter the “Staff Regulations”) 172 173