Read the full judgment text of CACV 000395/2007 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 11 July 2008.
1. The issue in this appeal is whether the Commissioner of Police is empowered by section 59E of the Police Force Ordinance to take a non-intimate sample of a swab from the mouth (also known as a buccal swab) of a person who has been convicted before a magistrate.