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In forceSuspect or charged person may be taken into custody following forensic procedure order
Part 2Forensic Procedures on Suspects and Charged Persons
Division 6Miscellaneous
23 Suspect or charged person may be taken into custody following forensic procedure order
If a magistrate makes a forensic procedure order or interim forensic procedure order in respect of a suspect or charged person who is not in custody, the suspect or charged person may, after being shown the order or a copy of it, be taken into custody and detained for so long as is reasonably necessary to carry out the forensic procedure.
A suspect or charged person taken into custody under subsection (1) is not in custody for the purposes of the Criminal Law (Detention and Interrogation) Act 1995.
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