This section applies if a person has been arrested under an extradition arrest power and is detained at a police station.
If a police officer of at least the rank of inspector authorises it, the person may be searched or examined, or both, for the purpose of facilitating the ascertainment of his identity.
An identifying mark found on a search or examination under this section may be photographed—
The only persons entitled to carry out a search or examination, or take a photograph, under this section are—
A person may not under this section—
An intimate search may not be carried out under this section.
Ascertaining a person's identity includes showing that he is not a particular person.
Taking a photograph includes using a process by means of which a visual image may be produced; and photographing a person must be construed accordingly.
Mark includes features and injuries and a mark is an identifying mark if its existence in a person's case facilitates the ascertainment of his identity.
The appropriate police officer is—