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Section 63I: Retention of material: persons convicted of a recordable offence

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 · 1984 c. 60View on legislation.gov.uk

Part V: Questioning and Treatment of Persons by Police

This section applies, subject to subsection (3), to—

section 63D material which—
relates to a person who is convicted of a recordable offence, and
was taken (or, in the case of a DNA profile, derived from a sample taken) in connection with the investigation of the offence, or
material taken under section 61(6) or 63(3B) which relates to a person who is convicted of a recordable offence.

The material may be retained indefinitely.

This section does not apply to section 63D material to which section 63K applies.

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