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FOR1501 EXAM PACK 2023
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FOR1501 EXAMPACK 2023
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, FOR1501/201/3/2021
Tutorial Letter 201/3/2021
Forensic Methods and Techniques
FOR1501
Semesters 1 and 2
Department of Police Practice
This tutorial letter contains important information about the module.
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, FOR1501/201/3/2021
ASSIGNMENT 03 DUE DATE: 31 JULY 2021
TOTAL: 60 MARKS
Semester 1 unique number: 671519
Semester 2 unique number: 683964
The recommended answers to the questions for Assignment 03 are set out below. Please
compare your answer to the recommended answers carefully.
Question 1
Indicate whether each statement is true or false.
1.1 A "peace officer" includes any magistrate, any justice, any police official, any correctional official
and any person who is a peace officer under section 334 of the Criminal Procedure Act(CPA).
(1)
Answer: True
1.2 Private investigator may include auditors, accountants, attorneys, advocates or forensic
scientists.
(1)
Answer: False
1.3 Statutory investigators may include South African Reserve Bank investigators, Customs and
Excise investigators and South African Post Office investigators.
(1)
Answer: True
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1.4 The mandate that authorises the investigator to proceed with a specific investigation may not
fall within the parameters of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996.
(1)
Answer: False
1.5 Examples of private investigation practices that are illegal or unethical include the searching
of private premises without the owner's consent and effecting an illegal arrest.
(1)
Answer: True
1.6 Section 42 of the Criminal Procedure Act authorises a private person to arrest, without a
warrant, any person who commits an offence.
(1)
Answer: True
1.7 The primary reason for the investigator's involvement in the judicial process concerns the
presentation of the information gathered.
(1)
Answer: True
1.8 Identification is a theory that explains that all things in the universe are the same because
they have certain related characteristics.
(1)
Answer: False
1.9 Direct sources of information may include persons involved in the events, but not present
when they occurred.
(1)
Answer: True
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