Section 23XI — Crimes Act 1914: General rules for carrying out forensic procedures

A forensic procedure: (a) must be carried out in circumstances affording reasonable privacy to the suspect; and (b) except as permitted (expressly or impliedly) by other provisions of this Part, must not be carried out in the presence or view of a person who is of the opposite sex to the suspect; and (c) must not be carried out in the presence or view of a person whose presence is not necessary for the purposes of the forensic procedure or required or permitted by another provision of this Part; and (d) must not involve the removal of more clothing than is necessary for the carrying out of the procedure; and (e) must not involve more visual inspection than is necessary for the carrying out of the procedure.