Criminal procedure identification act 2022

The photo array is the most common police-arranged identification procedure used in the United States.
A photo array consists of six to nine photographs displayed to a witness.
An officer might create an array by selecting photographs of persons deemed to resemble the perpetrator.

An Act to authorise for taking measurements of convicts and other persons for the purposes of identification and investigation in criminal matters and to preserve records and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022.

Is the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act a human rights defender?

Shah asserted that the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act would serve as a human rights defender for millions of law-abiding residents across the country

This article examines the Act’s potential exploitation and likely infringement of fundamental rights such as the right to equality and privacy of those affected by it

What is Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act 2022?

(1) This Act may be called the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022

It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— Short title and commencement

Definitions Taking of measurement

When was the criminal procedure (identification) bill passed?

The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on April 4, 2022 & the Rajya Sabha on April 6, 2022 respectively

The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022, received the assent of the President on the 18th April, 2022

The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act 2022 has come into force after being passed by Parliament in April 2022. It replaces the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920, a colonial-era law, and authorizes police officers to take measurements of people convicted, arrested, or facing trial in criminal cases.The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022 provides for legal sanction for taking appropriate body measurements of persons who are required to give such measurements and will make the investigation of crime more efficient and expeditious and will also help in increasing the conviction rate.

The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022, empowers police officers or prison officers to collect certain identifiable information from convicts or those who have been arrested for an offence. This information could include finger-prints, photographs, iris and retina scan, biological samples and their analysis, and behavioural attributes.

Like the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920, the new Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022 provides for legal sanction to law enforcement agencies for the collection of measurements. The purpose is to create a useable database of these measurements.