Victorian Current Acts

CRIMES ACT 1958 - SECT 464N

S. 464N(1) inserted by No. 41/2004 s. 4(1).

    (1)     Fingerprints may be taken by means of a device to obtain a record of the fingerprints (a fingerscan) or by any other means.

S. 464N(2) amended by Nos 41/2004 s. 4(2), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 36.24).

    (2)     If—

        (a)     fingerprints are to be taken in accordance with a court order; or

        (b)     reasonable force is to be used to take fingerprints—

a person of the same sex as the person to be fingerprinted must, if practicable, take the fingerprints and a police officer involved in investigating the offence for which the fingerprints are required must not, if practicable, take the fingerprints.

S. 464NA inserted by No. 35/2002 s. 3.