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Crimes Act 1900
236Identification procedures if more than 1 suspect
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236 Identification procedures if more than 1 suspect
A police officer shall undertake a separate identification process for
each of 2 or more suspects if—
(a) the officer is attempting to ascertain—
(i) which of the suspects committed an offence; or
(ii) if the suspects may have been jointly involved in the
offence—the identities of the suspects; and
(b) for that purpose, the officer intends to conduct an identification
parade or to identify a person by showing a photograph or a
picture of a suspect to a person.