South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts74A—Power to require statement of name and other personal details
(1) Where a police
officer has reasonable cause to suspect—
(a) that
a person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit, an offence; or
(b) that
a person may be able to assist in the investigation of an offence or a
suspected offence,
the officer may require that person to state all or any of the person's
personal details.
(2) Where a police
officer has reasonable cause to suspect that a personal detail as stated in
response to a requirement under subsection (1) is false, the officer may
require the person making the statement to produce evidence of the correctness
of the personal detail as stated.
(3) A person
who—
(a)
refuses or fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement
under subsection (1) or (2); or
(b) in
response to a requirement under subsection (1) or (2)—
(i)
states a personal detail that is false; or
(ii)
produces false evidence of a personal detail,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $1 250 or imprisonment for 3 months.
(4) A police officer
who has required a person to state all or any of the person's personal details
under this section is required to comply with a request to identify himself or
herself, by—
(a)
producing his or her police identification; or
(b)
stating orally or in writing his or her surname, rank and identification
number.
(5) In this
section—
"personal details", in relation to a person, means—
(a) the
person's full name; and
(b) the
person's date of birth; and
(c) the
address of where the person is living; and
(d) the
address of where the person usually lives; and
(e) the
person's business address; and
(f) if
the police officer has reasonable cause to suspect that a person has
committed, is committing, or is about to commit a sexual offence involving a
child or children—the name and address of any place where that person
works (whether as an employee, an independent contractor, a volunteer or in
any other capacity).