78Photographing offender

78 Photographing offender (1) A police officer receiving a report made in person by or for a registrable offender may require the offender— (a) to be photographed; or (b) to expose any part of the offender’s body to enable that part of the body to be photographed by the officer or another person authorised by the officer. Note See s 79 (2) for a restriction relevant to par (b). (2) Force may not be used in photographing a registrable offender except in accordance with an order of a magistrate under section 78A. (3) Before a registrable offender’s photograph is taken, the police officer must tell the offender, in language likely to be understood by the offender— (a) why the photographs are being taken; and (b) that it is an offence not to comply with the requirement to be photographed; and (c) that the photographs will be kept by the chief police officer. (4) A registrable offender commits an offence if— (a) a police officer requires the offender to be photographed under this section; and (b) the offender does not comply with the requirement.