s. 464O (2) If a person has been fingerprinted in accordance with this Subdivision and— (a) the person has not been charged with a relevant offence at the end of the period of 6 months after the taking of the fingerprints; or (b) the person has been so charged but the charge is not proceeded with or the person is not found guilty of the offence or any other relevant offence, whether on appeal or otherwise, before the end of that period— the Chief Commissioner of Police must, subject to subsection (4), destroy the fingerprints and any record, copy or photograph of them, or cause them to be destroyed at the time specified in subsection (3). (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), fingerprints taken in accordance with this Subdivision and any record, copy or photograph of them must be destroyed— (a) where the person has not been so charged or the charge is not proceeded with, immediately after that period of 6 months; or (b) where the person is not found guilty, within 1 month after the conclusion of the proceedings and the end of any appeal period. (4) A member of the police force may, within the period referred to in subsection (3)(a) or (b) and on one occasion only, apply without notice to any other person to the Magistrates' Court or the Children's Court (as the case requires) for an order extending the period by not more than 6 months within which the fingerprints and any record, copy or photograph of them must be destroyed.
(2) If a person has been fingerprinted in accordance with this Subdivision and— (a) the person has not been charged with a relevant offence at the end of the period of 6 months after the taking of the fingerprints; or (b) the person has been so charged but the charge is not proceeded with or the person is not found guilty of the offence or any other relevant offence, whether on appeal or otherwise, before the end of that period— the Chief Commissioner of Police must, subject to subsection (4), destroy the fingerprints and any record, copy or photograph of them, or cause them to be destroyed at the time specified in subsection (3). s. 464O (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), fingerprints taken in accordance with this Subdivision and any record, copy or photograph of them must be destroyed— (a) where the person has not been so charged or the charge is not proceeded with, immediately after that period of 6 months; or (b) where the person is not found guilty, within 1 month after the conclusion of the proceedings and the end of any appeal period. (4) A member of the police force may, within the period referred to in subsection (3)(a) or (b) and on one occasion only, apply without notice to any other person to the Magistrates' Court or the Children's Court (as the case requires) for an order extending the period by not more than 6 months within which the fingerprints and any record, copy or photograph of them must be destroyed.
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