Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Information to Police and Powers of Investigation
40F. When FME is required
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Subject to subsection (2) and section 40H, any police officer may require an individual to undergo an FME for the purpose of searching for a thing, or evidence of a thing —
subject
“subject” means a person who enters into a DPA with the Public Prosecutor.
that is relevant to an offence that is reasonably suspected to have been committed; and
the existence or absence of which on or in the body of the individual is or may be relevant to the investigation of the offence.
If an FME involves an intimate part of an individual, only a police officer of or above the rank of inspector may require the individual to undergo the FME.
FME
“forensic medical examination” or “FME”, in relation to any individual, means any one or more of the following:(a)a physical medical examination of the individual;(b)the taking of a body sample from the individual;(c)the taking of a photograph of any body part of the individual;(d)the taking of an impression or cast of a wound from any external body part of the individual;