Legal basis: Provisions on Procedures of Public Security Organs Handling Criminal Cases
Article 246 In order to find out the case, investigators may, when necessary, let victims, criminal suspects and witnesses identify articles, documents, corpses, places or criminal suspects related to the crime. The identification of a criminal suspect shall be approved by the person in charge of the case-handling department.
Article 247 Identification shall be conducted under the auspices of investigators. The investigators responsible for the appraisal shall not be less than two. Before organizing the appraisal, the appraiser should be asked in detail about the specific characteristics of the appraisal object to avoid the appraiser seeing the appraisal object.
Article 248 When several appraisers appraise the same subject matter, they shall appraise it separately.
Article 249 During authentication, the object of authentication shall be mixed with other objects, and no hint shall be given to the appraiser. When identifying a criminal suspect, the number of people to be identified shall not be less than seven; There shall be no less than ten photos to identify the criminal suspect.
Article 250 If the identity of a criminal suspect is unwilling to be made public, it may not be made public, and investigators shall keep it confidential.
Article 251 A record of the appraisal process and results shall be made, which shall be signed by the investigators and signed or sealed by the appraisers and witnesses.