Registration of Criminals Act 1949
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
3 Appointment of Registrar of Criminals and Assistant Registrars
Part 2 REGISTRATION OF CRIMINALS
4 Register of criminals
5 Registration of persons convicted in or banished from places outside principal registration area
6 (Repealed)
7 (Repealed)
Part 2A SPENT CRIMINAL RECORDS
7A Interpretation and application of this Part
7B Criminal record of Singapore registrable crime may become spent
7C Individual disqualified from having criminal record become spent
7D Application by disqualified individual to have criminal record treated as spent
7DA Criminal record rendered spent when community sentence completed
7E Consequences of criminal record becoming or treated as spent
7F Reference to criminal record not to include record of offence not kept in register
Part 3 IDENTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS
8 Interpretation of this Part
9 Taking identifying information from accused individuals
10 Taking identifying information from individuals convicted of eligible crime or registrable crime
11 Taking identifying information from prisoners, etc.
12 Particulars of removal of banishee
13 Taking identifying information from individuals arrested, etc., under Internal Security Act 1960
14 Taking identifying information from volunteers
15 Only forensic specialists may carry out forensic procedure to take identifying information
16 Offence for refusal to submit to taking identifying information, etc.
17 Reasonable force to take finger impressions, photographs, etc.
18 Who may take body samples
19 Taking body samples from accused individuals
20 Taking body samples from individuals convicted of eligible crime or registrable crime
21 Taking body samples from prisoners, etc.
22 Taking body samples from individuals arrested, etc., under Internal Security Act 1960
23 Taking body samples from volunteers
24 Appropriate consent for taking invasive samples under section 19, 20, 21 or 22
25 Reasonable force to take body samples other than invasive samples
26 Appropriate consent for taking body samples from volunteers
27 Offence for refusal to give, etc., body sample
28 Inferences against individual mentioned in section 19 from refusal of appropriate consent for invasive samples
Part 4 IDENTIFICATION DATABASE
29 Maintaining identification database
30 Moving of particulars to register upon conviction of registrable crime
Part 5 DNA DATABASE
31 Maintaining DNA database
32 Use of DNA information
Part 6 REMOVAL OF REGISTRABLE PARTICULARS, IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, RECORDS AND DNA INFORMATION FROM REGISTER, IDENTIFICATION DATABASE AND DNA DATABASE
33 Removal of information of individual upon death or attainment of 100 years of age
34 Acquittal of individuals of registrable crimes
35 Individuals not involved in commission of eligible crime or registrable crime
36 Individuals not found to have acted or about to act in manner prejudicial to security of Singapore
37 Application for removal of information from identification database or DNA database
38 Removal of identifying information or DNA information of volunteers
39 Removal of identifying information or DNA information of individuals other than volunteers
Part 7 APPEAL AGAINST REGISTRAR’S DETERMINATION UNDER SECTION 39
40 Right of appeal against Registrar’s determination
41 Reviewing Tribunals — composition
42 Reviewing Tribunal — remuneration and other terms
43 Reviewing Tribunal — resources
44 Reviewing Tribunal — function
45 Procedure before Reviewing Tribunal
46 Reviewing Tribunal’s decision final, etc.
Part 8 MISCELLANEOUS
13H (Repealed)
47 Providing register information to foreign law enforcement agency
48 Evidence
49 Rules
50 Power to vary Schedules
51 Saving