(a)The principal duties of the bureau are -(i)to test, classify, index and arrange slips received for record;(ii)to search slips received for search and communicate results;(iii)to intensify prints on exhibits received and have photoprints taken for comparison;(iv)to examine and test all work connected with the finger-print system at central and district jails.(v)to eliminate slips in accordance with the provisions of regulation 646.(b)The officer-in-charge is responsible for the maintenance of efficiency of the bureau and for controlling the movements of experts and dealing with all questions arising from points brought to notice by experts in course of their visits to districts and jails.(c)The staff of the bureau shall consist of officers not below the rank of Sub-Inspector who are experts holding certificates of efficiency as laid down in regulation 652.
