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CRIMES ACT 1914

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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 23XWC

23XWC Non-intimate forensic procedures authorised to be carried out on offenders
(1)
A person is authorised to carry out a non-intimate forensic procedure to which this Division applies on a person (other than a child or an incapable person) who is a serious offender:
(a)
with the informed consent of the serious offender; or
(b)
by order of a constable under section 23XWK.
(2)
A person is authorised to take the fingerprints of a prescribed offender (other than a child or an incapable person):
(a)
with the informed consent of the prescribed offender; or
(b)
by order of a constable under section 23XWK.
(3)
A person is authorised to carry out a non-intimate forensic procedure to which this Division applies on a child or an incapable person who is a serious offender, or to take the fingerprints of a child or incapable person who is a prescribed offender, by order of a magistrate under section 23XWO.
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