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Registration of Criminals Act 1949 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Identification of Individuals

17. Reasonable force to take finger impressions, photographs, etc.

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2022.

(1)

This section applies to an individual mentioned in section 9(1), 10(1) or (2), 11(1), (3) or (5), 12(1) or 13(1) who refuses to submit to —

(a)

the taking of his or her finger impressions or photographs; or

(b)

any forensic procedure carried out, for the purposes of obtaining the individual’s identifying information, by an authorised officer or the Superintendent of a prison or reformative training centre, who is a forensic specialist.

(2)

The authorised officer or Superintendent of the prison or reformative training centre (as the case may be) may, with such assistance as is required, use any force that is reasonably necessary for the purposes of taking the finger impressions or photographs of that individual or carrying out the forensic procedure, as the case may be.