63Offenders to be photographed and fingerprinted

63 Offenders to be photographed and fingerprinted

63 Offenders to be photographed and fingerprinted

(1) As soon as practicable after a court sentences an offender to imprisonment, the offender’s identifying particulars may be taken—

(a) by a police officer or correctional officer, or

(b) by any other person specified by an order of the court.

(2) The court may revoke any related intensive correction order if the offender fails to submit to the taking of identifying particulars.

(3) Nothing in this section prevents a court from making any other order with respect to the taking of an offender’s identifying particulars.

(4) In this section—

correctional officer means—

(a) a correctional officer, within the meaning of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999, or

(b) a person employed on a temporary basis within the Department of Justice to perform court security or escort duties, or

(c) a person holding an authority under section 240 of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 to perform escort duties.

identifying particulars, in relation to an offender, means particulars necessary to identify the offender, including photographs and fingerprints.

s 63: Am 2010 No 48, Sch 1 [15]; 2015 No 15, Sch 3.17 [5]; 2017 No 53, Sch 1 [28].