Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014
Chapter 2 Investigation Division of DNA Database System | ||
Crime scene index | ||
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61. (1) The crime scene index in the investigation division of the DNA Database System (in this Part called “the crime scene index”) shall comprise the DNA profiles of persons— | ||
(a) generated from samples of biological material found at, or recovered from, a crime scene whether before or after the commencement of this section, and | ||
(b) received and entered in that index under Chapter 7 of Part 12. | ||
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a crime scene, in relation to an offence or suspected offence, means all or any of the following (whether within or outside the State): | ||
(a) a place— | ||
(i) where the offence or suspected offence was, or is reasonably suspected of having been, committed, or | ||
(ii) where there is, or may be, evidence of, or relating to, the commission of the offence or suspected offence that was, or is reasonably suspected of having been, committed elsewhere, | ||
and includes a place that is designated as a crime scene by a direction given under section 5 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 that is in force; | ||
(b) the body of the victim, whether living or deceased, of the offence or suspected offence; | ||
(c) anything worn or carried by or in contact with the victim, or a person reasonably considered to be a victim, at the time the offence or suspected offence was, or is reasonably suspected of having been, committed; | ||
(d) the body of any other person who was, or is reasonably suspected of having been, connected with the commission of the offence or suspected offence; | ||
(e) anything (including a mode of transport) that was, or is reasonably suspected of having been, connected with the commission of the offence or suspected offence. |