15. Only forensic specialists may carry out forensic procedure to take identifying information

Terms defined in s 2

• authorised officer

  authorised officer

  Defined · s 2

  “authorised officer” means —(a)a police officer;(b)an officer of customs of the Singapore Customs in any case concerning an offence or alleged offence against any law or provision of law which is the function of the Singapore Customs to enforce;(c)an immigration officer;(ca)a forensic specialist acting in accordance with an authorisation under section 65B(1) of the Police Force Act 2004 to exercise a power under this Act;(d)an officer of any law enforcement agency in any case concerning an offence or alleged offence against any law or provision of law which it is the function of that agency to enforce; and(e)any other person who is duly appointed in writing by the Commissioner of Police as an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act or any provision of this Act;

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• forensic procedure

  forensic procedure

  Defined · s 2

  “forensic procedure”, in relation to an individual, includes doing one or all of the following in relation to the individual:(a)taking an impression or cast of a wound from the external parts of the individual’s body other than the parts referred to in section 13A(3);(b)the taking of physical measurements (whether or not involving marking) for biomechanical analysis of an external part of the body other than the parts referred to in section 13A(3);(c)removing any article that the individual is wearing, and searching any article so removed;(d)removing a relevant thing attached physically to those external parts of the individual’s body or taking a sample of that relevant thing;(e)photographing any relevant thing in the position it is found on the external parts of the individual’s body, or in the individual’s mouth;

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• forensic specialist

  forensic specialist

  Defined · s 2

  “forensic specialist” means an individual who is appointed under section 65A of the Police Force Act 2004 as a forensic specialist;

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