Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter XIII
112B. Persons permitted to take body samples
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A body sample may only be taken by -
a person registered under the Medical Practitioners and
Dentists Act (Chapter 112);
a police officer who has received training for that purpose;
police officer
"police officer" means any member of the Royal Brunei Police Force, and includes a special police officer when mobilised or deemed to be mobilised for active service and any person vested under any written law with the powers of a police officer;
any other suitably qualified or trained person who is authorised by the Commissioner of Police for that purpose.
Before taking a body sample, the person permitted under subsection (1) to take it must satisfy himself that such taking will not endanger the person from whom it is to be taken.
The fact that a body sample has been taken under this section shall be recorded by the person taking it in such form or manner as may be required by the Commissioner of Police.
Commissioner of Police
"Commissioner of Police" means the Commissioner of Police, Royal Brunei Police Force;
A person fiom whom a body sample is lawfully required under section 1 12A who -
refuses, without reasonable excuse, to give a body sample or to allow it to be taken fiom him; or
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otherwise hinders or obstructs the taking of a body sample, is guilty of an offence under section 186 of the Penal Code (Chapter 22) and the person permitted under subsection (1) to take the body sample may, with such assistance as is required, use such force as is reasonably necessary for the purpose of taking the sample.
Interpretation for sections 112A and 112B
Terms defined in s 2
Commissioner of Police
Defined · s 2"Commissioner of Police" means the Commissioner of Police, Royal Brunei Police Force;
offence
Defined · s 2"offence" means any act or omission made punishable by any other written law for the time being in force…
police officer
Defined · s 2"police officer" means any member of the Royal Brunei Police Force, and includes a special police officer when mobilised or deemed to be mobilised for active service and any person vested under any written law with the powers of a police officer;
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