Criminals Registration Act · 2014 Revised Edition · Part III · Taking of Finger Impressions, Photographs and Particulars
6. Finger impressions, photographs and particulars of person under arrest
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any authorised officer may —
authorised officer
“authorised officer” means — (a) a police officer; (b) an officer of customs as defined in section 2(1) of the Customs Order, 2006; (c) an Immigration Officer as defined in section 2 of the Immigration Act; (d) a prison officer as defined in section 2 of the Prisons Act; (e) an officer of any law enforcement agency in any case concerning an offence or alleged offence against any law which it is the function of that agency to enforce; and (f) any other person appointed in writing by the Commissioner of Police as an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act or any provision thereof;
take or cause to be taken the finger impressions and photographs of any person under arrest who is accused of any offence;
make or cause to be made a record of the registrable particulars and of any other particulars of such person; and
registrable particulars
“registrable particulars” means — (a) particulars of any conviction, sentence, banishment, expulsion or deportation, and any name, description, photograph, or finger impression of, or any document relating to, any person so convicted, sentenced, banished, expelled or deported, as the case may be; (b) any other particulars; (c) particulars of any outstanding offence taken into consideration for the purposes of determining and passing sentence on any conviction for an offence;
send any such finger impressions, photographs and record to the Registrar.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Criminals, who shall be the Commissioner of Police.
Terms defined in s 2
authorised officer
Defined · s 2“authorised officer” means — (a) a police officer; (b) an officer of customs as defined in section 2(1) of the Customs Order, 2006; (c) an Immigration Officer as defined in section 2 of the Immigration Act; (d) a prison officer as defined in section 2 of the Prisons Act; (e) an officer of any law enforcement agency in any case concerning an offence or alleged offence against any law which it is the function of that agency to enforce; and (f) any other person appointed in writing by the Commissioner of Police as an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act or any provision thereof;
other particulars
Defined · s 2“other particulars”, in relation to a person, means any particulars, information or description of that person, other than his registrable particulars, that may be relevant or useful in his identification;
registrable particulars
Defined · s 2“registrable particulars” means — (a) particulars of any conviction, sentence, banishment, expulsion or deportation, and any name, description, photograph, or finger impression of, or any document relating to, any person so convicted, sentenced, banished, expelled or deported, as the case may be; (b) any other particulars; (c) particulars of any outstanding offence taken into consideration for the purposes of determining and passing sentence on any conviction for an offence;
Registrar
Defined · s 2“Registrar” means the Registrar of Criminals, who shall be the Commissioner of Police.