FINGER-PRINTS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEASUREMENTS OF ACCUSED PERSONS REGULATIONS

FINGER-PRINTS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND

MEASUREMENTS OF ACCUSED PERSONS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 9.04

FINGER-PRINTS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND

MEASUREMENTS OF ACCUSED PERSONS

REGULATIONS

2nd September, 1960

LEGAL NOTICE 38 of 1960, as amended by Act VIII of 1990.

The title of these Regulations is Finger-Prints, Photographs

and Measurements of Accused Persons Regulations.

Where, at the request of the Police, the Court of

Magistrates (Malta) or the Court of Magistrates (Gozo), as the case

may be, thinks fit to order, under the provisions of sub-article (3) of

article 397 of the Criminal Code, that the finger-prints,

photographs or measurements of an accused person be taken, such

finger-prints, photographs or measurements shall be taken by a

member of the Police Force.

The finger-prints, photographs or measurements referred to

in regulation 2 shall be taken either at the place where the court is

sitting or at such other place as the court may think fit.