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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.617Identification of suspects
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### sec.617 Identification of suspects
It is lawful for a police officer to use 1 or more of the following procedures to help gather evidence of the identity of a person suspected of having committed an offence—
an identification parade;
a photo board containing at least 12 photos of people of similar appearance, 1 of whom is the person suspected of having committed the offence;
videotape;
computer generated images.
The police officer must comply with the procedures in the responsibilities code for identification procedures.
The police officer may ask a person to take part in an identification parade.
The person may refuse to take part in the parade.
This section does not limit the procedures a police officer may use to help gather evidence of the identity of a person suspected of having committed an offence.
s 617 (prev s 275 (orig s 238)) renum 2000 No. 22 s 17
renum and reloc 2003 No. 49 s 8
(sec.617-ssec.1) It is lawful for a police officer to use 1 or more of the following procedures to help gather evidence of the identity of a person suspected of having committed an offence— an identification parade; a photo board containing at least 12 photos of people of similar appearance, 1 of whom is the person suspected of having committed the offence; videotape; computer generated images.
(sec.617-ssec.2) The police officer must comply with the procedures in the responsibilities code for identification procedures.
(sec.617-ssec.3) The police officer may ask a person to take part in an identification parade.
(sec.617-ssec.4) The person may refuse to take part in the parade.
(sec.617-ssec.5) This section does not limit the procedures a police officer may use to help gather evidence of the identity of a person suspected of having committed an offence.
- (a) an identification parade;
- (b) a photo board containing at least 12 photos of people of similar appearance, 1 of whom is the person suspected of having committed the offence;
- (c) videotape;
- (d) computer generated images.