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(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 Commissioner of Police or any officer empowered by him in this behalf in any area for which a Commissioner of Police has been appointed and by the District Magistrate or any Officer empowered by him in this behalf elsewhere. (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. IV of 1912. III of 1898. IV of 1912. III of 1898. IV of 1912. III of 1898. Arrest of person escaping from Receiving Centre or Certified Institution. Transfers between Certified Institution and Institution of like nature in different parts of India. Power to take finger prints. 1960 : Bom. X] Gujarat Prevention of Begging Act. 1959 13 of 15 (3) The sentence of imprisonment ordered under sub-section (2) shall be executed in the same manner as a sentence passed under section 6.