Section 1

Short title and commencement.

The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022

  • Act 11 of 2022
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of Internal Security
About this Act

An Act to authorise for taking measurements of convicts and other persons for the purposes of identification and investigation in criminal matters and to preserve records and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.

All sections
    (1) This Act may be called the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022.
    (2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Notes

    1. 4th August, 2022, vide notification No. S.O. 3653(E), dated 3rd August, 2022, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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