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President gives assent to Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill
short by Nakul Ahuja / on Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
President of India Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, which allows police to obtain physical and biological samples of convicts and those accused of crimes. Moreover, it also empowers a magistrate to order measurements or photographs of a person to be taken to aid the investigation of an offence.