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Power to take finger prints.— (1) Every person ordered to be detained in a Certified Institution under this Act shall at any time allow his finger-prints to be taken by the District Magistrate or any Officer empowered by him in this behalf. (2) Whoever refuses to allow his finger prints to be taken under sub-section (1) shall on conviction be liable to have his period of detention in a Certified Institution not exceeding three months converted to a term of imprisonment extending to a like period. (3) The sentence of imprisonment ordered under sub-section (2) shall be executed in the same manner as a sentence passed under section 6.