The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920

( ACT NO. XXXIII OF 1920 )

[ 9th September, 1920 ]
An Act to authorize the taking of measurements and photographs of convicts and others.

 
WHEREAS it is expedient to authorize the taking of measurements and photographs of convicts and others; It is hereby enacted as follows:-
 
 
 

CONTENTS

SECTIONS

1.Short title and extent

2.Definitions

3.Taking of measurements, etc., of convicted persons

4.Taking of measurements, etc., of non-convicted persons

5.Power of Magistrate to order a person to be measured or photographed

6.Resistance to the taking of measurements, etc.

7.Destruction of photographs and records of measurements, etc., on acquittal

8.Power to make rules

9.Bar of suits