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Police Administration Act 1978
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135 Disclosure of names
(1) A member of the Police Force shall, when requested to do so:
(a) by a legal practitioner representing a person held in custody
under a law in force in the Territory; or
(b) by a spouse, de facto partner, parent or child of a person held
in custody under a law in force in the Territory,
disclose to the person so requesting, whether or not a person is
being held in custody and if so where that person is being so held.
(2) A disclosure requested by a person mentioned in subsection (1)(b)
that a person is being held in custody shall only be made with the
consent of the person being so held.
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