Request for charged suspect to undergo identifying procedure
49 Request for charged suspect to undergo identifying procedure
If it is practicable to do so, an officer may request a charged suspect to consent to an identifying procedure being done on the suspect for the purpose of obtaining one or more of a charged suspect’s identifying particulars.
An officer who requests a charged suspect to consent to an identifying procedure being done on the suspect must at the time inform the suspect of these matters —
the purpose of the procedure;
how the procedure will be done;
that information derived from the procedure may be compared with or put in a forensic database;
the circumstances in which destruction may be requested under section 69;
that the procedure may provide evidence that could be used in a court against the suspect;
that if the suspect does not consent or withdraws consent to the procedure —
the suspect may be arrested; and
the procedure may be done on the suspect against the suspect’s will.
[Section 49 amended: No. 22 of 2013 s. 19.]
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