South Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL LAW (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2007 (NO 5 OF 2007) - SECT 21

21—Forensic procedures to be carried out humanely

        (1)         A forensic procedure must be carried out humanely and with care—

            (a)         to avoid, as far as reasonably practicable, offending genuinely held cultural values or religious beliefs; and

            (b)         to avoid inflicting unnecessary physical harm, humiliation or embarrassment.

        (2)         A forensic procedure must not be carried out in the presence or view of more persons than are necessary for properly carrying out the procedure and satisfying any relevant statutory requirements.

        (3)         If reasonably practicable, a forensic procedure that involves exposure of, or contact with, the genital or anal area, the buttocks or, in the case of a female, the breasts must not be carried out by a person of the opposite sex (other than at the request of the person on whom the forensic procedure is to be carried out).