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.