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Section 4: Measurements under section 3 and 4, how to be taken

Rajasthan Identification of Prisoners Rules 1956State Rules of Rajasthan · 1956

(1) Measurements may be taken of the whole or any part of the body.

(2) Measurements of a woman shall be taken by another woman only, and with strict regard to decency.

(3) The measurements and photographs to be taken shall be such as are, in the opinion of the Police Officer taking them, necessary for the furture indentification of the person concerned.

(4) Finger impression shall be taken by applying printer's ink to the palmar surface of the fingers and thumbs above the first joint and then applying the surface so inked to a paper-form, prepared so as to show the impression of each finger or thumb in the space provided for it.

(5) Footprint impression shall ordinarily be taken by applying the printer's ink to the sole of the foot and then applying the inked surface to a sheet of paper or by tracing the outline of the foot, with or without shoes or boots on a sheet of a paper.

(6) The photographs may be taken full face, side facehead bust or full length.

(7) This rule applies to measurements and photographs taken under section 3 and section 4 but whenever measurements and photographs are taken under section 4, any order to the contrary,if any, of the Magistrate who has directed the person to allow his measurements or photographs to be taken, shall be complied with.

Where this provision sits

ActRajasthan Identification of Prisoners Rules 1956
Section4
Marginal noteMeasurements under section 3 and 4, how to be taken
JurisdictionState of Rajasthan
StatusIn force as published by the source

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