Act 33 of 1920

The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920

An Act to authorize the taking of measurements and photographs of convicts and others.

  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of Home
  • Enacted 1920-09-09
  • 9 sections
SectionTitle
1 Short title and extent.Read
2 Definitions.Read
3 Taking of measurements, etc., of convicted persons.Read
4 Taking of measurements, etc., of non-convicted persons.Read
5 Power of Magistrate to order a person to be measured or photographed.Read
6 Resistance to the taking measurements, etc.Read
7 Destruction of photographs and records of measurements, etc., on acquittal.Read
8 Power to make rules.Read
9 Bar of suits.Read
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