Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee Stage

10:00 am

Photo of Alan ShatterAlan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 12:


In page 112, after line 33, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 52 of Act of 2007
108.Section 52 of the Act of 2007 is amended by—
(a) the substitution of “Sections 5, 6A, 18, 19 and 19A, subsections (4), (7), (8), (8A), (8B) and (11) of section 4 and subsections (1) to (4) of section 6 of the Act of 1984” for “Sections 4(4), 4(7), 4(8), 4(8A), 4(8B), 4(11), 5, 6(1) to (4), 6A, 8, 18, 19 and 19A of the Act of 1984”,
(b) the designation of that section (as amended by paragraph (a)) as subsection (1), and
(c) the addition of the following subsection:
“(2) Sections 8 to 8I of the Act of 1984 shall, with the following and any other necessary modifications, apply to fingerprints, palm prints and photographs taken from or of a person detained under section 50 as they apply to fingerprints, palm prints and photographs taken from or of a person detained under section 4 of the Act of 1984:
(a) references to an offence to which section 4 of the Act of 1984 applies shall be construed as references to an offence to which section 4 of the Act of 1984 applies or an offence to which section 50 applies; and
(b) references to the detention of the person under section 4 of the Act of 1984 shall be construed as references to the detention of the person under section 50.”.”.

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