South Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL LAW (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2007 (NO 5 OF 2007) - SECT 33

33—Person to be given sample of material for analysis following suspects or offenders procedure

        (1)         The Commissioner of Police must ensure that, if forensic material is removed from a person's body as a result of a suspects procedure or an offenders procedure—

            (a)         a part of the material, sufficient for analysis, is set aside for the person as soon as practicable after the material has been analysed; and

            (b)         reasonable care is taken to ensure that the material set aside is protected from degradation until the person receives it; and

            (c)         if the person expresses a desire to have the material analysed—reasonable assistance is given to the person to ensure that the material is protected from degradation until it is analysed.

        (2)         However, subsection (1) need not be complied with if it is not practicable to divide the material obtained into separate parts for analysis.

        (3)         This section does not apply to the taking of prints of the hands, fingers, feet or toes of a person or the taking of an impression or cast of a part of a person's body.