Parliament on April 6 passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 that accords sweeping powers to police to collect biometric and physical measurements of people convicted, arrested or detained.
- The Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on April 4.
Key highlights of the bill
- The bill replaces the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 to enable police to collect samples of a person’s biometric details, such as fingerprints and iris scans, if they have been arrested, detained or placed under preventive detention on charges that attract a jail term of seven years or more.
- The Bill proposes to allow Police to collect finger impressions, palm prints impressions, footprint impressions, photographs, iris and retina scans, physical and biological samples.
- It also proposes the collection of behavioural attributes including signatures, handwriting or any other examination referred under Section 53 or Section 53A of CrPC.
- The record of measurements shall be retained for a period of 75 years from the date of collection.
- National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) will be accountable for storage and maintenance of the records.
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