Maintenance of Crime and Forensic Data banks

(1) The State Criminal Investigation Department shall maintain a data bank of all information important for crime investigation, crime prevention and tracing of lost and missing persons and property and shall administer the State Crime Records Bureau and District Crime Records Bureau for the purpose. (2) The Criminal Investigation Department shall maintain adequate linkages with District Superintendent of Police and with the National Crime Records Bureau for data updating, sharing and exchange. (3) The Criminal Investigation Department shall have a Finger Print Bureau to be headed by an Officer of the rank of atleast Superintendent of Police. The Bureau shall maintain computerized searchable databanks of fingerprints, including those collected in the course of investigation by the Bureau, the State Criminal Investigation Department or the District Police. The State Finger Print Bureau shall coordinate activities with similar agencies in other States and Government of India. The Finger Print Bureau shall provide training to Investigation Officers of the District Police and develop standard operating procedures for lifting, developing and matching finger prints in various circumstances, and shall publish a Finger Printing Manual for the purpose.