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Forensic Procedures Act 2000
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4 Prohibition on application of Act to children under age of 10 years except in limited circumstances
[Section 4 Substituted by No. 28 of 2014, s. 5, Applied:17 Dec 2014]
(1) Nothing in this Act authorises the carrying out of a forensic procedure on a person who is a young child.
(2) A sampling procedure may be carried out, in accordance with Part 4B of this Act, on a person who is a young child.