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  1. 2003-01-01 to 2008-01-01 View Source

    Subject to section 196.16, if a person is found guilty of a designated offence committed before the coming into force of subsection 5(1) of the DNA Identification Act, the court martial may, on application by the prosecutor, make an order in the prescribed form authorizing the taking, from that person, for the purpose of forensic DNA analysis, of any number of samples of bodily substances that is reasonably required for that purpose, if the court martial is satisfied that it is in the best interests of the administration of justice to do so.[Note: Subsection 5(1) of the DNA Identification Act in force June 30, 2000, see SI/2000-60.]