Parliament passes Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 | Daily Current Affairs Dose

Parliament passes Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 | Daily Current Affairs Dose

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Parliament passes Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 | Daily Current Affairs Dose

Parliament has passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 with Rajya Sabha.

The House also rejected the amendments moved by the opposition to refer the bill to the Select Committee. As many as 59 members voted in favour of the amendments while 97 were against it. The Lok Sabha has already passed the Bill.

The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 seeks to authorise for taking measurements of convicts and other persons for the purposes of identification and investigation in criminal matters and to preserve records.

Background 

The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill - 2022 provides for legal sanction for taking appropriate body measurements of persons who are required to give such measurements which include finger-impressions, palm-print and foot-print impressions, photographs, iris and retina scan, physical, biological samples and their analysis among others. It will make the investigation of crime more efficient and expeditious and will also help in increasing the conviction rate.

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The legislation also empowers the National Crime Records Bureau of India to collect, store and preserve the record of measurements and for sharing, dissemination, destruction and disposal of records. 

The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill - 2022 provides for empowering police or prison officer to take measurements of any person who resists or refuses to give measurements.(inp:newsOnair)

Important facts for upcoming exams from the above Current Affairs Topic

• President of India: Ram Nath Kovind 
• Vice President of India: Venkaiah Naidu 
• Prime Minister of India: Narendra Modi 
• Chief Justice of India: N. V. Ramana 
• Lok Sabha Speaker of India: Om Birla 
• Capital of India: New Delhi 
• Largest city of India: Mumbai 
• Official languages of India: Hindi / English 
• Currency of India: Indian rupee (₹) (INR) 
• Total Population of India 2018 estimate: Neutral increase 1,352,642,280