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 9: Power to remove difficulties.
    (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may, by order, published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as appear to it to be necessary for removing the difficulty:
    Provided that no such order shall be made under this section after the expiry of three years from the commencement of this Act.
    (2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament.
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