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Slovenia

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Legal instrument Key provision
Police tasks and powers act (Zakon o nalogah in pooblastilih policije)When any person is put in custody, they shall be informed immediately, in their mother tongue or in a language which they understand, that they are being detained and of the reasons for the detention, and shall be informed that they are not obliged to make any statement, that they have the right to the immediate legal assistance of a lawyer of their own choice and the right to have their close relatives informed of his or her detention at his or her request. If the person referred to in the preceding paragraph is a foreigner, they shall also be informed, in their mother tongue or in a language which they understand, that, at their request, the diplomatic and consular authorities of the State of which they are a national may be informed of the detention.
The Aliens act (Zakon o tujcih)In addition, an alien who is the subject of criminal or misdemeanour proceedings and is in custody or detention shall, at his or her request, be given the opportunity by the authority which ordered the custody or detention to contact the diplomatic mission or consulate of the country of which he or she is a national.

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