Section 77Part 4 — Powers, Duties and Privileges of Police Officers
Visual recording of interviews
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77. (1) The Commissioner shall —
make a rule of practice for the visual recording of interviews held by police officers at police stations; and
make an order requiring the visual recording of interviews so held, and requiring the visual recording to be in accordance with the rule for the time being in force under this section.
A requirement imposed by an order under this section may be imposed in relation to such cases or police stations in such areas, or both, as may be specified or described in the order.
An order under subsection (1) shall be made subject to approval by the Cabinet.
In this section —
references to an interview are references to an interview of a person suspected of a criminal offence; and
references to a visual recording include references to a visual recording in which an audio recording is comprised.
Evidence obtained in the course of an interview shall not be rendered inadmissible by reason only of the fact that it has not been recorded in visual or tape recorded form.