Section 16: Central criminal records registry

(1) There shall be established at the Nigeria Police Force a Central Criminal Records Registry.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this Section, there shall be established at every state police command a Criminal Records Registry which shall keep and transmit all such records to the Central Criminal Records Registry.
(3) The State or Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command shall ensure that the decisions of the court in all criminal trials are transmitted to the Central Criminal Records Registry within 30 days of the judgement.