The Identification of Prisoners (Application to Hyderabad) Act, 1956
The Identification of Prisoners (Application to Hyderabad) Act, 1956
The Identification of Prisoners (Application to Hyderabad) Act, 1956 extends the central Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 to the Telangana region. It regulates the authority of police officers and magistrates to collect physical measurements, finger and footprint impressions, and photographs from convicted criminals, certain arrested suspects, and individuals ordered to maintain good behavior. Refusing compliance allows police to use necessary force and constitutes an offense. This legislation matters because it provides law enforcement with essential biometric evidence for criminal investigations while safeguarding rights by requiring records to be destroyed or returned if an unconvicted person is acquitted or released.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Application of Central Act 33 of 1920 to Hyderabad.
- 3. Repeal of Hyderabad Act VII of 1309 Fasli.
- 4. Taking of measurements, 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.
- Schedule. The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 (Central Act 33 of 1920).
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