Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and
R 385
South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995)Chapter 5B : Establishment, Administration and Maintenance of National Forensic DNA Database of South Africa15S. Offences and penalties |
| (1) | Any person who, with regard to any bodily sample, crime scene sample or a forensic DNA profile derived therefrom— |
| (a) | uses or allows the use of those samples or forensic DNA profiles derived therefrom for any purpose other than those referred to in this Chapter; or |
| (b) | tampers with or manipulates the process or the samples or forensic DNA profiles; |
| (c) | falsely claims such samples or forensic DNA profiles derived therefrom to have been taken from a specific person whilst knowing them to have been taken from another person or source; |
| (d) | discloses information in contravention of section 15N(2); or |
| (e) | unlawfully loses, damages or destroys information on the NFDD, |
is guilty of an offence and liable in the case of a natural person, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 years, and in the case of a juristic person, to a fine.
| (2) | Any person who causes the unlawful loss of, damage to or unauthorised destruction of information on the NFDD is guilty of an offence and liable in the case of a natural person, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 years, and in the case of a juristic person, to a fine. |
[Section 15S inserted by section 6 of Act No. 37 of 2013]
