They may be held incommunicado and without charge for 120 days before being put before a special court that could impose further months of detention.

他们会在没有被控告的情况下先被单独监禁120天，然后经特别法庭审判，可能判处更长时间的拘留。

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He renewed the case for doubling the period of detention without charge (subsequently reduced to 42 days).

他续约的情况增加一倍，拘留期间不收费(后来减少到42天)。

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"We feel,based on our experience in the last seven years, we feel that we need to enhance our legal capacity to extend the power of detention and the power of detention without charge,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

MPs discussed the issue of pre-charge detention which the coalition has committed to cutting to 14 days.

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Crossbencher Lord Dear, who led Lords moves in 2008 to veto 42-day pre-charge detention, said the current DPP's views should have "considerable weight".

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Those advocating new legal powers against terrorism lengthening pre-charge detention, increasing the scope for post-charge questioning or making telephone intercepts admissible in court will find little to support their case in Operation Overt.

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