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Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act 2004
32Reasonable force may be used to obtain fingerprints or
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32 Reasonable force may be used to obtain fingerprints or
photographs
(1) Before attempting to exercise a power under section 30 or 31, a
police officer must inform the reportable offender in language likely
to be understood by the reportable offender:
(a) of the purpose for which the power is to be exercised and, in
the case of section 30, why the police officer is not satisfied as
to the reportable offender's identity; and
(b) that reasonable force may be used if the reportable offender
does not give his or her fingerprints, submit to a fingerscan or
expose the relevant part of his or her body (as the case may
be) voluntarily; and
(c) that the fingerprints, fingerscan or photographs will be retained
by the Commissioner.
(2) If the reportable offender does not voluntarily cooperate, a police
officer or a person authorised by him or her may, if the use of
reasonable force is authorised by the officer in charge of the police
station or a police officer of or above the rank of Sergeant, use
reasonable force:
(a) to take the fingerprints or a fingerscan of the reportable
offender; or
(b) to expose a part of a body of the reportable offender that the
police officer is authorised under section 31 to require the
reportable offender to expose to enable that part of the body
to be photographed.
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(3) If practicable, the person who uses the reasonable force must be of
the same sex as the reportable offender.