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STATUTES AMENDMENT (ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO) ACT 2016 (NO 28 OF 2016) - SECT 16

16—Amendment of section 55—Power to require forensic procedure on deceased person

Section 55(1)—delete subsection (1) and substitute:

        (1)         A senior police officer may, by instrument in writing, authorise the carrying out of a forensic procedure specified in the instrument on the body, a body part, human tissue or other human remains of a deceased person if satisfied that the evidence obtained from the carrying out of the procedure is likely to assist in the investigation of a serious offence or in the identification of the deceased person.



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