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CRIMES (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2000 - SECT 5

Forensic material and forensic procedures

    (1)     Forensic material is any of the following taken of or from a person's body:

        (a)     a sample;

        (b)     a handprint, fingerprint, footprint or toeprint;

        (c)     a photograph or video recording;

        (d)     a cast or impression.

Note     Sample is defined in the dictionary to include a sample that consists of matter from someone else's body.

    (2)     A forensic procedure is an intimate forensic procedure or non-intimate forensic procedure.

Note     Intimate forensic procedure and non-intimate forensic procedure are defined in s 6 and s 7.

    (3)     A "forensic procedure" does not include—

        (a)     any intrusion into a person's body cavities (other than the mouth); or

        (b)     the taking of anything of or from a person's body for the sole purpose of establishing the identity of the person.



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