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Criminals Registration Act · 2014 Revised Edition · Part IV · Taking of Body Samples
Criminals Registration Act · 2014 Revised Edition · Part IV · Taking of Body Samples
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Subject to subsections (2) and (3), any person who —
was present at the scene of an offence when it was committed; or
is being questioned in connection with the investigation of an offence, may voluntarily consent to a body sample being taken from him for forensic
DNA analysis.
No body sample shall be taken under subsection (1) unless appropriate consent is given for the taking of the sample.
body sample
“body sample”, in Part IV, has the same meaning as in section 112C of the Criminal Procedure Code;
Notwithstanding subsection (2), if the consent of the parent or guardian of a person who has not attained the age of 18 years is refused without reasonable excuse or cannot be obtained despite all reasonable efforts but he is still willing to give the body sample, the body sample may be taken from him with the approval of a Magistrate.
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appropriate consent
“appropriate consent”, in Part IV, has the same meaning as in section 112C of the Criminal Procedure Code;
body sample
“body sample”, in Part IV, has the same meaning as in section 112C of the Criminal Procedure Code;