Hong Kong Ordinances

INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION ORDINANCE - SECT 10D

Power to take finger-prints and photographs

(1) Where a person has been arrested under section 10 or, has been served with
a summons under section 8(2) of the Magistrates Ordinance ( Cap  227) in
respect of a section 10 offence, any officer may take, or cause to be taken
under the supervision of an officer, photographs, finger-prints and the weight
and height measurements of that person. (Amended 48 of 1996 s. 22)

(2) The identifying particulars of a person taken under subsection

(1) may be retained by the Commissioner, except that if-

   (a)  a decision is taken not to charge the person with any offence; or

   (b)  the person is charged with a section 10 offence but discharged by a
        court before conviction or acquitted at his trial or on appeal, the
        identifying particulars, together with any negatives or copies
        thereof, shall as soon as reasonably practicable be destroyed or, if
        the person prefers, delivered to that person.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Commissioner may retain the
identifying particulars of a person who has been previously convicted of any
section 10 offence.

(4) In this section-

"identifying particulars" (辦別身分資料) in relation to a person means
photographs, finger-prints and the weight and height measurements of that
person;

"section 10 offence" (第10條罪行) means any offence for which a person may
be arrested under section 10. (Replaced 21 of 1991 s. 2)

"identifying particulars" (辦別身分資料)

"section 10 offence" (第10條罪行)