Samples, things etc., how to be taken
104 Samples, things etc., how to be taken
If during a forensic procedure done under this Part —
a relevant thing is removed, or a sample of a relevant thing is taken, from on or in a person’s body; or
an impression (including a dental impression) is taken of a relevant thing on or in a person’s body,
it must be done by the least painful method that is known or available to the person doing the procedure.
If —
a relevant thing on a person’s body is attached to the person’s hair; and
under this Part it is permissible to seize the thing itself or a sample of it,
then, if practicable, the hair to which the thing is attached must not be uprooted but instead may be cut and taken from the person together with the thing or a sample of it.
If under this Part it is permissible to search a person’s external parts for a relevant thing the person’s hair may be combed for the thing or a sample of it.
The regulations may —
prohibit or regulate methods by which samples, photographs or impressions are taken or procedures are done under this Part;
prescribe the equipment to be used for taking samples, photographs or impressions or doing procedures under this Part.
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