178BFingerprints, photographs etc. of detainees

178B  Fingerprints, photographs etc. of detainees  (1) Where the officer in charge of a detention centre believes that it is necessary to do so, a member of the staff of the detention centre may take prints of the hands, fingers, feet or toes, or photographs, of a detainee of the detention centre.  (2) The member of the staff of the detention centre may use such reasonable force as may be necessary in acting in accordance with subsection (1).  (3) A copy of a print or photograph taken under subsection (1) shall not be given to a person (other than the officer in charge, or a member of the staff of, the detention centre) except in accordance with the approval, in writing, of an authorized officer.