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Serious Offenders Act 2018
127Court may order offender to attend for personal examination
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127 Court may order offender to attend for personal examination
(1) A court in which an application under Part 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 is commenced may at any time order the offender to whom the application relates to attend for a personal examination by a medical expert or any other person for the purpose of enabling that expert or other person to make a report, or give evidence, to the court.
(2) Nothing in this section empowers the making of an order that would require an offender to submit to a physical examination or in any way actively cooperate in the carrying out of a personal examination.