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Police Administration Act 1978
146Certain non-intimate procedures on persons in custody
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146 Certain non-intimate procedures on persons in custody
rank of Sergeant or a higher rank, or for the time being in charge of
a police station may, in respect of a person in lawful custody:
(a) on a charge of an offence; or
(b) in relation to a warrant issued in accordance with any law in
force in the Territory,
carry out or cause to be carried out an identifying non-intimate
(2) In exercising his powers under subsection (1) a member of the
Police Force may, for that purpose, use such force and may call
upon such assistance as may be necessary.
(3) In this section, identifying non-intimate procedure means taking:
(a) prints of the hands, fingers, feet or toes; or
(b) photographs.