CAT/C/23/D/60/1996 page 20 4 The full text of the report was subsequently transmitted to the Committee. 5 Encarnación Blanco Abad v. Spain (CAT/C/20/D/59/1996). 6 Principle 12 reads: “1. There shall be duly recorded: “(a) The reasons for the arrest; “(b) The time of the arrest and the taking of the arrested person to a place of custody as well as that of his first appearance before a judicial or other authority; “(c) The identity of the law enforcement officials concerned; “(d) Precise information concerning the place of custody. “2. Such records shall be communicated to the detained person, or his counsel, if any, in the form prescribed by law.” 7 In its comments on the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee following its consideration of Tunisia’s second periodic report the Government stated that “All departments with responsibility for places of detention are obliged to keep a special numbered register including the identities of all persons held in custody and indicating the time and date that the custody period begins and ends (article 13 bis of the Code of Criminal Procedure).” [A/54/44, para. 105] -----