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Crimes Act 1900
232Offence—refusing to allow fingerprint or photo to be
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232 Offence—refusing to allow fingerprint or photo to be
taken
(1) If a person is convicted of an offence, the judge or magistrate
presiding at the proceedings where the person was convicted may
order—
(a) the person to attend a police station; or
(b) that a police officer be permitted to attend on the person in a
place of detention;
within 1 month after the conviction to allow impressions of the
person’s fingerprints or a photograph of the person to be taken in
accordance with the order.
(2) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to allow
impressions or a photograph to be taken under an order under
subsection (1).
Maximum penalty: $10 000, imprisonment for 12 months or both.