Q. With respect to the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022, consider the following statements:

1. The Act seeks to repeal the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920.
2. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) will be the agency for storing and preserving the data of arrested persons.
3. State governments cannot store this data.
4. The Act empowers a Magistrate to direct any person to give measurements.

Which of the statements given above are correct?
Answer: Only 1, 2 & 4
Notes:

• Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notified the rules governing The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022. The legislation would enable police and central investigating agencies to collect, store and analyse physical and biological samples including retina and iris scans of arrested persons.
• The Act seeks to repeal the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920,
• As per the rules, “measurements” include:
• finger-impressions
• palm-print
• footprint
• photographs
• iris and retina scan
• physical, biological samples and their analysis
• behavioural attributes including signatures, handwriting or any other examination referred to in Section 53 or 53A of CrPC, 1973.
• The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) will be the agency for storing and preserving the data of arrested persons. State government can store data, but it shall provide compatible application programming interfaces for sharing the measurements or record of measurements with the NCRB.
• Records will be stored for 75 years from the time of collection.
• The Act empowers a Magistrate to direct any person to give measurements.

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