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CRIMES ACT 1914

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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 23XWK

23XWK Circumstances in which constable may order non-intimate forensic procedure
A constable may order the carrying out of a non-intimate forensic procedure to which this Division applies on a serious offender or the taking of the fingerprints of a prescribed offender other than a child or an incapable person if:
(a)
the offender has been asked under section 23XWH to consent to the carrying out of the forensic procedure; and
(b)
the offender has not consented; and
(c)
the constable has taken into account the matters set out in section 23XWL.
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