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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 23M
23M Provision of information relating to a person under
arrest
Subject to section 23L,
if:
- (a)
- a person is under arrest for a Commonwealth offence;
and
- (b)
- a relative, friend or legal representative of the
person requests information as to the whereabouts of
the person;
an investigating official must inform the person under
arrest of the request and, after doing so, must provide that
information to the person who made the request unless:
- (c)
- the person under arrest does not agree to the
provision of that information; or
- (d)
- the investigating official believes on reasonable
grounds that the person requesting the information is
not a relative, friend or legal representative of the
person under arrest.
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