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This Order appoints 17th November 1997 for the coming into force of sections 47 (insofar as not already in force) and 48 of, and a related repeal specified in Schedule 3 to, the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997, which make provision for the taking of prints and samples from persons convicted of certain sexual and violent offences.