92.Section 6 inserts new section 63J into PACE. The existing sections 61 to 63 of PACE (as amended by section 3 of the 2010 Act) include provisions to take fingerprints and DNA samples from persons convicted of a qualifying offence outside England and Wales. New section 63J provides that section 63D material obtained under those provisions may be retained indefinitely.
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