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Transmission of DNA profiles from missing and unknown persons index of DNA Database System to law enforcement agency
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142. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Commissioner may obtain from the Director of FSI and transmit a DNA profile of a person that is entered in the missing and unknown persons index of the DNA Database System to a law enforcement agency for the purpose of the law enforcement agency conducting a search by comparing the DNA profile with DNA profiles held by it and informing the Commissioner of the outcome of that search with a view to—
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(a) finding or identifying the missing person,
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(b) identifying the seriously ill, or severely injured, person who is unable by reason of the illness or injury to identify himself or herself, or
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(c) identifying the body of the unknown deceased person,
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as may be appropriate.
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(2) A DNA profile transmitted by the Commissioner under subsection (1) to a law enforcement agency shall be used by the law enforcement agency only for the purpose specified in that subsection.
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(3) When transmitting a DNA profile of a person under subsection (1) to a law enforcement agency, the Commissioner may specify conditions regarding—
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(a) the number and frequency of searches that may be conducted by the law enforcement agency to compare the DNA profile with DNA profiles held by it, and
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(b) the arrangements for the return, or destruction, of the DNA profile.
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