Section 14: Unidentified and Missing Persons Database

14. Unidentified and Missing Persons Database (1) There shall be established by the Director an Unidentified and Missing Persons Database, the sole purpose of which shall be to assist the relevant authorities in identifying missing persons and which database shall be kept separate from the other databases established under this Act. (2) The Missing Persons Database shall comprise of DNA profiles and information relating thereto derived from the intimate or non-intimate samples obtained from— (a) the body or part of the body of an unidentified deceased person; (b) anything worn or carried by, or personal belongings of, the missing person; (c) the parents or appropriate relatives of the missing person, where their consent has been obtained. (3) The Director shall develop standards and establish guidelines for the preservation and storage of DNA samples obtained under this section. (4) In this section, “missing person” means a person missing— (a) as a result of an abduction; (b) in suspicious circumstances; (c) in unknown circumstances or, where there is reason to believe that the person is in danger or dead and that the person has been missing for a period of more than 30 days or, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Police, for a period of less than 30 days.