{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984/section-63O",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984/section-63O.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/63O",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "63O",
  "heading": "Retention of section 63D material with consent",
  "text": "(1) This section applies to the following material—\n(a) fingerprints (other than fingerprints taken under section 61(6A)) to which section 63D applies, and\n(b) a DNA profile to which section 63D applies.\n(2) If the person to whom the material relates consents to material to which this section applies being retained, the material may be retained for as long as that person consents to it being retained.\n(3) Consent given under this section—\n(a) must be in writing, and\n(b) can be withdrawn at any time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 63O inserted (31.10.2013) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 11, 120 (with s. 97); S.I. 2013/1814, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 63O 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/63O",
    "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."
}