{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/9",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Freedoms Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Persons convicted of a recordable offence",
  "text": "After section 63H of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (for which see section 4) insert—\n“Retention of material: persons convicted of a recordable offence\n63I (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": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 5 in force at 31.10.2013 by S.I. 2013/1814, art. 2(a) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2013/1813)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/9/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:55.374488+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."
}