Section List

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 NumberTitleActions
1Short title and commencement.
2Definitions.
3Taking of measurement.
5Power of Magistrate to direct a person to give measurements.
6Resistance to allow taking of measurements.
7Bar of suit.
8Power to make rules.
9Power to remove difficulties.
10Repeal and saving.
4Collection, storing, preservation of measurements and storing, sharing, dissemination, destruction and disposal of records.
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