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THE KERALA IDENTIFICATION OF PRISONERS ACT, 1963

The Kerala Identification of Prisoners Act, 1963

Criminal196311 sections

This Act authorizes police to take fingerprints, footprints, and photographs of individuals convicted of serious crimes, those arrested for such offenses, and habitual offenders. It also empowers magistrates to order these measurements during investigations to aid in identification. The law ensures that accurate records are kept for security purposes, but mandates the destruction of all such data if a person is later acquitted or released without trial. Resisting these procedures is a criminal offense, and the government can set specific rules for how these measures are implemented.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Taking of measurements, etc., of convicted persons
  4. 4. Taking of measurements, etc., of non-convicted persons
  5. 5. Taking of measurements, etc., of habitual offenders against whom restriction is made
  6. 6. Power of Magistrate to order a person to be measured or photographed
  7. 7. Resistance to the taking of measurements, etc
  8. 8. Destruction of photographs and records of measurements, etc., on acquittal
  9. 9. Power to make rules
  10. 10. Bar of suits
  11. 11. Repeal

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