Section 12
Section 12
(1)
A body sample may only be taken by —
(a)
a person registered under the Medical Practitioners and
Dentists Act (Chapter 112);
(b)
a police officer who has received training for that purpose;
or
(c)
any other suitably qualified or trained person authorised by the Commissioner of Police for that purpose.
(2)
Before taking a body sample, the person permitted under subsection (1) to take it must satisfy himself that such taking will not endanger the person from whom it is to be taken.
(3)
The fact that a body sample has been taken under this section shall be recorded by the person taking it in such form or manner as may be required by the Commissioner of Police.
(4)
Where a person from whom a body sample is lawfully required under this Part refuses, without reasonable excuse, to give a body sample or to allow it to be taken from him, or who otherwise hinders or obstructs the taking of a body sample is guilty of an offence under section 186 of the Penal
Code (Chapter 22) and the person permitted under subsection (1) to take the body sample may, with such assistance as is required, use such force as is reasonably necessary for the purpose of taking the sample.
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