In force · As amended up to 2026-08
1. Short title and extent. — (1) This Act may be called the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920; and
1(2) It extends to the whole of India except 2[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States].
1. Substituted for the former sub-section (2), by A.O., 1950
2. Substituted for " Part B States" by 3 A.O., 1956
Source: India Code