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Invitation
for written submissions on the Criminal
Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Bill [B2-2009]
The
Portfolio Committee on Police (National Assembly) invites
interested individuals and organisations to submit written
submissions on the Criminal
Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Bill.
The
Bill seeks :
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to amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to further
regulate powers in respect of the ascertainment of bodily
features of persons ;
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to provide for the compulsory taking of fingerprints of
certain categories of persons ;
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to provide for the taking of specified bodily substances
from certain categories of persons for the purposes of DNA
analysis ;
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to provide for the retention of prints and samples taken
under the Act ;
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to further regulate evidence of prints or bodily features of
accused ;
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to amend the South African Police Service Act, 1995, so as
to regulate the storing and use of fingerprints, palmprints,
footprints and photographs of certain categories of persons
;
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to establish and regulate the administration and maintenance
of the National DNA Database of
South Africa
;
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to amend the Firearms Control Act,
2000 and the Explosives Act,
2003 ; and
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to provide for matters connected therewith.
Comments can be emailed to Committee Secretary : Mr Jeremy
Michaels at jmichaels@parliament.gov.za
by no later than 23 October 2009
Enquiries
: Mr Jeremy Michaels, telephone 021-403 3806 / cell 083-709
8445
Issued
by : Honourable LS Chikunga, Chairperson : Portfolio
Committee on Police
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