PART TWO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER IX INITIATION OF INVESTIGATIONS AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
SUB–CHAPTER II INITIAL STEPS BY THE POLICE
Article 72
Collection of Evidence from Crime Scene
1. The police shall carefully collect evidence found at the scene of a suspected criminal offense
and shall preserve it in the appropriate manner that permits the evidence to be tested by the
competent laboratory.
2. For potential evidence subject to forensic testing which would be taken from an individual’s
body, excluding fingerprints, the police must either have the written consent of the individual
for the evidence to be taken or a court order under Article 141, 142 or 143 of this Code that
authorizes the evidence to be taken.