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In forceACT NO. XXXIII OF 1920 · 9th September, 1920

The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920

বন্দীদের পরিচয় সম্পর্কিত আইন, 1920

An Act to authorize the taking of measurements and photographs of convicts and others.

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Contents

  1. PreamblePreamble
  2. Section 1Short title and extent
  3. Section 2Definitions
  4. Section 3Taking of measurements, etc., of convicted persons
  5. Section 4Taking of measurements, etc., of non-convicted persons
  6. Section 5Power of Magistrate to order a person to be measured or photographed
  7. Section 6Resistance to the taking of measurements, etc.
  8. Section 7Destruction of photographs and records of measurements, etc., on acquittal
  9. Section 8Power to make rules
  10. Section 9Bar of suits