Certain non-intimate procedures on persons in custody
146 Certain non-intimate procedures on persons in custody
Subject to general orders, a member of the Police Force holding the rank of Sergeant or a higher rank, or for the time being in charge of a police station may, in respect of a person in lawful custody:
on a charge of an offence; or
in relation to a warrant issued in accordance with any law in force in the Territory,
carry out or cause to be carried out an identifying non-intimate procedure.
In exercising his powers under subsection (1) a member of the
Police Force may, for that purpose, use such force and may call upon such assistance as may be necessary.
In this section, identifying non-intimate procedure means taking:
prints of the hands, fingers, feet or toes; or
photographs.
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