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CRIMES (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2000 - SECT 7

What is a non-intimate forensic procedure?

A non-intimate forensic procedure is any of the following forensic procedures:

        (a)     an examination of a part of the body (other than the genital or anal area, buttocks, or, for a female or a transgender or intersex person who identifies as a female, the breasts) that requires touching of the body or removal of clothing;

        (b)     the taking of a sample of hair (other than pubic hair);

        (c)     the taking of a sample from a nail or under a nail;

        (d)     the taking of a sample of saliva or a sample by buccal swab;

        (e)     the taking of a sample by swab or washing from any external part of the body (other than the genital or anal area, the buttocks, or, for of a female or a transgender or intersex person who identifies as a female, the breasts);

        (f)     the taking of a sample by vacuum suction, by scraping or by lifting by tape from any external part of the body (other than the genital or anal area, the buttocks, or, for a female or a transgender or intersex person who identifies as a female, the breasts);

        (g)     the taking of a handprint, fingerprint, footprint or toeprint;

        (h)     the taking of a photograph or video recording of, or an impression or cast of a wound from, a part of the body (other than the genital or anal area, the buttocks, or, for a female or a transgender or intersex person who identifies as a female, the breasts).



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