Further provisions for taking of body samples
27B.—(1)  For the purposes of section 27A(1)(c), a body sample may only be taken by —
(a)a registered medical practitioner;
(b)a police officer or officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau who has received training for the purpose; or
(c)any other suitably qualified or trained person who is duly appointed in writing by the Commissioner of Police as an authorised person for the purpose.
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(2)  Before taking any body sample, the person authorised by subsection (1) to take the sample must satisfy himself that the taking of the sample does not endanger the person from whom the sample is to be taken.
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(3)  The fact that a body sample has been taken for the purposes of section 27A shall be recorded by the person who took the sample in such form or manner as may be required by the Commissioner of Police.
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(4)  Every body sample taken for the purposes of section 27A shall be sent to an authorised analyst for forensic DNA analysis.
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