{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984/section-63I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984/section-63I.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/60",
  "legislation_title": "Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984",
  "path": "section/63I",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "63I",
  "heading": "Retention of material: persons convicted of a recordable offence",
  "text": "(1) This section applies, subject to subsection (3), to—\n(a) section 63D material which—\n(i) relates to a person who is convicted of a recordable offence, and\n(ii) was taken (or, in the case of a DNA profile, derived from a sample taken) in connection with the investigation of the offence, or\n(b) material taken under section 61(6) or 63(3B) which relates to a person who is convicted of a recordable offence.\n(2) The material may be retained indefinitely.\n(3) This section does not apply to section 63D material to which section 63K applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 63I inserted (31.10.2013) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 5, 120 (with s. 97); S.I. 2013/1814, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 63I applied (with modifications) (4.11.2015) by The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to Revenue and Customs) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1783), arts. 1, 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 3(2), (3), 4-19, Sch. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/60/section/63I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:58.179601+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}