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Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000
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5 Forensic material and forensic procedures
(1) Forensic material is any of the following taken of or from a person’s
body:
(a) a sample;
(b) a handprint, fingerprint, footprint or toeprint;
(c) a photograph or video recording;
(d) a cast or impression.
Note Sample is defined in the dictionary to include a sample that consists of
matter from someone else’s body.
(2) A forensic procedure is an intimate forensic procedure or
non-intimate forensic procedure.
Note Intimate forensic procedure and non-intimate forensic procedure are
defined in s 6 and s 7.
(3) A forensic procedure does not include—
(a) any intrusion into a person’s body cavities (other than the
mouth); or
(b) the taking of anything of or from a person’s body for the sole
purpose of establishing the identity of the person.