Section 67 Nigeria Police Act

Section 67 of the Nigeria Police Act 2020 is about Central Criminal Records Registry. It is under Part VII (Powers of Police Officers) of the Act. It provides as follows:

(1) There shall be established at the Nigeria Police, a Central Criminal Records Registry.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), there shall be established at every State Police Command a Criminal Records Registry which shall keep and transmit all records to the Central Criminal Records Registry.

(3) The State or Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Abuja shall ensure that the decisions of the court in all criminal trials are transmitted to the Central Criminal Records Registry within 30 days of the judgement.