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SERIOUS OFFENDERS ACT 2018 (NO. 27 OF 2018) - SECT 266

Secretary may direct eligible offender to attend examination or assessment

    (1)     The Secretary, by written notice served on an eligible offender, may direct the eligible offender to attend a specified medical expert at a place, on a date and at a time specified in the notice for—

        (a)     a personal examination; or

        (b)     an additional assessment in accordance with section 268.

    (2)     The Secretary, by written notice served on an eligible offender, may vary or revoke a direction given to the eligible offender under this section.

    (3)     An eligible offender must comply with a direction under subsection (1) or a direction as varied under subsection (2) unless the eligible offender has a reasonable excuse for not doing so.

Penalty:     Level 7 imprisonment (2 years maximum).

    (4)     Nothing in this section empowers the Secretary to give a direction that requires an eligible offender—

        (a)     to submit to a physical examination; or

        (b)     to cooperate actively in the conduct of a personal examination.



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