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CRIMES ACT 1914

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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 23XI

23XI General rules for carrying out forensic procedures
A forensic procedure:
(a)
must be carried out in circumstances affording reasonable privacy to the suspect; and
(b)
except as permitted (expressly or impliedly) by other provisions of this Part, must not be carried out in the presence or view of a person who is of the opposite sex to the suspect; and
(c)
must not be carried out in the presence or view of a person whose presence is not necessary for the purposes of the forensic procedure or required or permitted by another provision of this Part; and
(d)
must not involve the removal of more clothing than is necessary for the carrying out of the procedure; and
(e)
must not involve more visual inspection than is necessary for the carrying out of the procedure.
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