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Act index » Part III - Procedure and punishment » Division 1 - Pleading procedure, proof &c. » Subdivision (30A) - Custody and investigation
(2)If— 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. 464N(2) amended by Nos 41/2004 s. 4(2), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 36.24).
(a)fingerprints are to be taken in accordance with a court order; or
(b)reasonable force is to be used to take fingerprints—