South Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL LAW (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2007 (NO 5 OF 2007) - SECT 31

31—Use of force

        (1)         A person authorised under this Act to carry out a forensic procedure, or a person assisting such a person, may use reasonable force—

            (a)         to carry out the authorised forensic procedure; and

            (b)         to protect evidence obtained from the forensic procedure.

        (2)         Where this section authorises the use of force to detain a person, that action does not, by itself, constitute an arrest of the person.