Act Number: 11

Act Name: The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022

Year: 2022

Enactment Date: 2022-04-18

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 1: Short title and commencement.
    (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).
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