Section 23XWC — Crimes Act 1914: Non-intimate forensic procedures authorised to be carried out on offenders
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(1) A person is authorised to carry out a non-intimate forensic procedure to which this Division applies on a person (other than a child or an incapable person) who is a serious offender: (a) with the informed consent of the serious offender; or (b) by order of a constable under section 23XWK; or (c) by order of a judge or magistrate under section 23XWO. (2) A person is authorised to take the fingerprints of a prescribed offender (other than a child or an incapable person): (a) with the informed consent of the prescribed offender; or (b) by order of a constable under section 23XWK. (3) A person is authorised to carry out a non-intimate forensic procedure to which this Division applies on a child or an incapable person who is a serious offender, or to take the fingerprints of a child or incapable person who is a prescribed offender, by order of a judge or magistrate under section 23XWO.
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