Registration of Criminals Act 1949 - Singapore Statutes Online

PART 4

IDENTIFICATION DATABASE

[Act 26 of 2022 wef 12/06/2023]

Maintaining identification database

29. The Registrar must maintain an identification database in which must be recorded the following information and records:

(a)	any identifying information or record of an individual accused of an eligible crime or a registrable crime, sent to the Registrar under section 9(3);
(b)	any identifying information or record of an individual convicted of an eligible crime sent to the Registrar under section 10(3) or 11(7);
(c)	any identifying information or record of an individual arrested or detained under the Internal Security Act 1960, sent to the Registrar under section 13(3);
(d)	any identifying information and records of the identifying information of a volunteer sent to the Registrar under section 14(3);
(e)	the information mentioned in section 34(2)(b);
(f)	any finger impression, photograph or record taken or made under section 8 as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 6 of the Registration of Criminals (Amendment) Act 2022. [Act 26 of 2022 wef 12/06/2023]

Moving of particulars to register upon conviction of registrable crime

30.—(1) Where —

(a)

the identifying information or records of an individual who is accused of a registrable crime —

(i)	have been sent to the Registrar under section 9(3); or
(ii)	had been sent to the Registrar under section 8(c) as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 6 of the Registration of Criminals (Amendment) Act 2022; and

(b)

the individual is convicted of a registrable crime with which the individual has been charged,

the authorised officer in charge of the case must, as soon as practicable, notify the Registrar of the conviction.

(2) The Registrar must, on receiving the notice from the authorised officer mentioned in subsection (1) —

(a)	remove the identifying information or records of the individual from the identification database; and
(b)	record the registrable particulars of the individual in the register. [Act 26 of 2022 wef 12/06/2023]

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