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Formal Consolidation |  2000 RevEd
Registration of persons arrested or convicted
27.—(1)  The provisions of the Registration of Criminals Act (Cap. 268) relating to the taking of finger impressions and photographs of persons under arrest and accused of any crime shall apply to persons arrested under this Act as if they were persons accused of any crime within the meaning of that Act.
(2)  The Registration of Criminals Act shall apply to persons convicted of an offence under this Act as if the offence were a crime included in the First Schedule to that Act.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 32 of 2004
Interpretation of sections 27A, 27B and 27C
27.—(1)  In sections 27A, 27B and 27C —
“appropriate consent” means —
(a)for a person aged 16 years and above, the written consent of that person;
(b)for a person aged 14 years and above but below the age of 16 years, the written consent of both that person and of his parent or guardian; and
(c)for a person below the age of 14 years, the written consent of his parent or guardian,
given to a police officer or officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau in charge of the case after that officer has informed the person concerned, his parent or guardian or both, as the case may be, of the purpose for which a body sample is required from such person and the manner by which such body sample is to be taken from him;
“authorised analyst” means a person appointed by the Commissioner of Police to be an analyst;
“body sample” means —
(a)a sample of blood;
(b)a sample of head hair, including the roots thereof;
(c)a swab taken from a person’s mouth; or
(d)such other sample as may be prescribed under subsection (2);
“DNA” means deoxyribonucleic acid;
“DNA information” means genetic information derived from the forensic DNA analysis of a body sample;
“finger impression” includes thumb impression and palmar impression;
“intimate sample” means any body sample that is obtained by means of any invasive procedure, but does not include any sample described in subsection (3);
“other particulars”, in relation to a person, means any particulars, information or description of that person, other than his registrable particulars, that may be relevant or useful in the identification of that person;
“photograph”, in relation to a person, includes the photograph of any distinguishing feature or mark on the body of that person;
“registered medical practitioner” has the same meaning as in the Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174) and includes a dentist registered under the Dentists Act (Cap. 76);
“registrable particulars” means the particulars of any detention or supervision order made under section 30, 32 or 38 and any name, description, photograph or finger impression of, or document relating to, any person so detained or placed under supervision, as the case may be.
(2)  Subject to subsection (3), the Minister may prescribe additional types of body samples that may be taken under section 27A.
(3)  The additional types of body samples that may be prescribed under subsection (2) shall not include samples to be obtained from —
(a)the genital or anal area of a person’s body;
(b)a person’s body orifice other than the mouth; or
(c)the breasts of a woman.
[32/2004 wef 21/10/2004]