Police Act (Cap. 164), article 61

61. Where the person acquitted or the person arrested but not charged, as the case may be, fails to apply to a Magistrate as provided in articles 59 and 60, the Police may transfer anything as is ment ioned in those articles to the Academy fo r Disciplined Forces establishe d under Cap. 559 of the Laws of Malta, i f the material is considered by the Police to have a didactic or experimental value. Police archives. 62. (1) The Police may hold, process and classify any information relevant to the comm ission of any crime in or outsi de Malta which information may be pre served by any system whatsoev er, including in electronic format, subject to the provisions of an y law on the protection of data. POLICE ACT [CAP. 164. 25 Extent of information. (2) Such information may relate to fingerprints, photographs, measurements, blood-samples, in timate or non-intimate samples, patterns of criminal behaviours and methodology in the perpetra tion of an offence and similar details for the purposes of any future identification of offenders. Right of comparison. (3) The Police may, for the purpose of establishing evidence in the investigation into any criminal offence, compare any such infor mation with any other information that may become available to it. Identifications.63. (1) Where any identity parade or identification of objects is considered desirable by an investigating officer, it shall be c onducted by a Magistrate who shall take such steps as to ensure that the re is no suggestion or outside influence on the person who is called upo n to make the identification. (2) The Minister may make regulations for the carrying out of a n identity parade or identification of objects. TITLE IV DUTIES OF CUSTODY OFFICERS Duties of custody officers. Amended by: III.2024.7.      Cap. 9.