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Registration of Criminals Act 1949 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Identification of Individuals
20. Taking body samples from individuals convicted of eligible crime or registrable crime
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(1)
Subject to section 24, when an individual is convicted of an eligible crime or a registrable crime, a DNA officer may take a body sample from the individual for forensic DNA analysis.
crime
Defined · s 2
“crime” means any offence included for the time being in the First or Second Schedule;
(2)
The DNA officer must send any body sample taken under subsection (1) to an authorised analyst for forensic DNA analysis.