No. S 801
Criminal Procedure Code 2010
(Act 15 of 2010)
Criminal Procedure Code (Qualified Persons) Notification 2010
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 263(4) of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, the Minister for Law hereby makes the following Notification:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Notification may be cited as the Criminal Procedure Code (Qualified Persons) Notification 2010 and shall come into operation on 2nd January 2011.
Qualified persons
2.  For the purposes of section 263 of the Code (report of qualified persons), each of the following persons is a “qualified person”:
(a)any inspector of weights and measures duly appointed as such under the provisions of any written law;
(b)any officer of consumer protection duly appointed as such under the provisions of any written law;
(c)any pathologist;
(d)any medical practitioner who conducts post-mortem examination under the supervision of a pathologist;
(e)any Health Sciences Authority officer who undertakes scientific analytical work;
(f)the Government Bacteriologist;
(g)the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation;
(h)any person appointed by the Minister to be a document examiner;
(i)the Armament Officer of the Singapore Police Force;
(j)the Assistant Director (Force Armament Branch) of the Singapore Police Force;
(k)the Head Acquisition and Inventory Control (Force Armament Branch) of the Singapore Police Force;
(l)any Armament Specialist (Force Armament Branch) of the Singapore Police Force;
(m)any fingerprint examiner, computer forensic examiner or crime scene examiner of the Singapore Police Force;
(n)any officer of the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority who assists the Singapore Police Force in the examination and verification of any document issued by the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority;
(o)any radiologist or radiotherapist of the Medical Service;
(p)any Forensic Science Officer of the Ministry of Defence;
(q)any registered medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174) employed in the Histopathology Section of Singapore General Hospital Pte. Ltd.;
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(r)any Ministry of Health officer who undertakes scientific analytical work;
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(s)any Casino Gaming Expert (Casino Crime Investigation Branch) of the Singapore Police Force;
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(t)any Gambling Expert (Specialised Crime Branch) of the Singapore Police Force;
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(u)any Triad Expert (Secret Societies Branch) of the Singapore Police Force.
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Cancellation
3.  The Criminal Procedure Code (Report of Experts) (Consolidation) Notification (Cap. 68, N 1) is cancelled.
Made this 24th day of December 2010.
PANG KIN KEONG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Law,
Singapore.
[ LAW06/011/007 Vol. 46; AG/LLRD/SL/68/2010/9 Vol. 1]
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