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Defence Forces (Evidence) Act 2022
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Amendment of section 116 of Act of 2014 (automated comparison of DNA profiles in crime scene index with DNA profiles in DNA analysis files of designated state)

90. Section 116 of the Act of 2014 is amended—

(a) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “the DNA Database System, or the crime scene (Military Police) index of the DNA (Military Police) Database System,” for “the DNA Database System”, and

(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4):

“(4) If, following a comparison of DNA profiles under subsection (2), a match of DNA profiles is found in the DNA analysis files of the designated state concerned, a note to that effect may be entered in the DNA Database System or the DNA (Military Police) Database System, as the case may be, in relation to the DNA profile, in respect of which the match was found, in—

(a) the crime scene index of the DNA Database System, or

(b) the crime scene (Military Police) index of the DNA (Military Police) Database System.”.