CHAPTER 722

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
19.1-19.6 so as to permit State officers to take fingerprints and photo-
graphs of persons charged with certain offenses; and to repeal § 52-4.1
of the Code of Virginia, relating to the same matters. § 401]

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Approved April 5, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
19.1-19.6, as follows:

§ 19.1-19.6. All duly constituted police authorities having the power
of arrest may take the fingerprints and photograph of any person arrested
by them and charged with a felony or with any misdemeanor an arrest for
which is to be reported by them to the Central Criminal Records Exchange.
Such authorities shall make such records available to the Central Criminal
Records Exchange. Such authorities are authorized to provide, on the
request of duly appointed law enforcement officers, copies of any finger-
print records they may have, and to furnish services and technical
advice in connection with the taking, classifying and preserving of finger-
prints and fingerprint records.

2. That § 52-4.1 of the Code of Virginia is repealed.