POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 471
Court may order taking of identifying particulars
POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 471
Court may order taking of identifying particulars
471 Court may order taking of identifying particulars
(1) This section
applies if, in a proceeding for an identifying particulars offence against an
adult, a court is satisfied it is necessary to take or photograph the
person’s identifying particulars to help—
(a) identify the person in
relation to the offence or another offence the person is suspected of having
committed; or
(b) confirm the person’s identity; or
(c) find out the
person’s criminal history; or
(d) keep criminal records.
(2) The court may
make either of the following orders—
(a) an order that a police officer may
detain the person to enable a police officer to take or photograph all or any
of the person’s identifying particulars;
(b) an order—
(i) that the
person—
(A) report to a police officer at a stated police station or police
establishment on a stated day or between stated hours within 7 days; and
(B)
stay at the place for the time reasonably necessary to enable a police officer
to take or photograph all or any of the person’s identifying particulars;
and
(ii) authorising a police officer to detain the person to enable a police
officer to take or photograph all or any of the person’s identifying
particulars if the person does not comply with subparagraph (i) .
(3) A
person must not contravene an order made under subsection (2) (b) , unless the
person has a reasonable excuse.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—2 years
imprisonment.
(4) It is not a reasonable excuse for the person to
contravene the order that complying with it may tend to incriminate the
person.
