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Youth Justice Act 1992
sec.255Court may order sentenced child’s identifying particulars to be taken
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### sec.255 Court may order sentenced child’s identifying particulars to be taken
This section applies if a child is found guilty before a court of an indictable offence or an offence against any of the following Acts that is an arrest offence—
the Criminal Code ;
the Drugs Misuse Act 1986 ;
the Police Service Administration Act 1990 ;
the Regulatory Offences Act 1985 ;
the Summary Offences Act 2005 ;
the Weapons Act 1990 .
The court, in addition to making a sentence order against the child, may make an order that the child’s identifying particulars be taken.
If the child will not be in custody when the particulars are taken, the order must require the child to report to a police officer at a stated police station between stated hours within 7 days to enable a police officer to take the identifying particulars.
A child must not contravene the order.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
If the child will be in custody when the particulars are to be taken, the order must require them to be taken at the place the child is held in custody.
In this section—
identifying particulars means fingerprints and palm prints.
s 255 ins 1996 No. 22 s 61
amd 2000 No. 5 s 461 sch 3 ; 2002 No. 39 s 99 ; 2005 No. 4 s 30 sch 1
(sec.255-ssec.1) This section applies if a child is found guilty before a court of an indictable offence or an offence against any of the following Acts that is an arrest offence— the Criminal Code ; the Drugs Misuse Act 1986 ; the Police Service Administration Act 1990 ; the Regulatory Offences Act 1985 ; the Summary Offences Act 2005 ; the Weapons Act 1990 .
(sec.255-ssec.2) The court, in addition to making a sentence order against the child, may make an order that the child’s identifying particulars be taken.
(sec.255-ssec.3) If the child will not be in custody when the particulars are taken, the order must require the child to report to a police officer at a stated police station between stated hours within 7 days to enable a police officer to take the identifying particulars.
(sec.255-ssec.4) A child must not contravene the order. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
(sec.255-ssec.5) If the child will be in custody when the particulars are to be taken, the order must require them to be taken at the place the child is held in custody.
(sec.255-ssec.6) In this section— identifying particulars means fingerprints and palm prints.
- (a) the Criminal Code ;
- (b) the Drugs Misuse Act 1986 ;
- (c) the Police Service Administration Act 1990 ;
- (d) the Regulatory Offences Act 1985 ;
- (e) the Summary Offences Act 2005 ;
- (f) the Weapons Act 1990 .