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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
The Registrar may maintain (whether in computerised form or otherwise) a DNA database in which shall be stored all DNA information derived from a body sample taken under this Part, section 112A of the
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Criminals, who shall be the Commissioner of Police.
Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 7) or under any other written law.
Any information stored in the DNA database may be used —
for forensic comparison with any other DNA information in the course of an investigation of an offence;
for any proceedings for any offence;
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for administering the DNA database for the purposes of this
Part; and
for such other purposes as may be prescribed.
body sample
“body sample”, in Part IV, has the same meaning as in section 112C of the Criminal Procedure Code;
DNA information
“DNA information” means genetic information derived from the forensic DNA analysis of a body sample;
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Criminals, who shall be the Commissioner of Police.