Singapore legislation
Section 10
Section 10
Acquittal or discharge of person from whom finger impressions, etc., taken under section 8
Amended by45/2002
Where the finger impressions, photographs and registrable particulars of a person have been sent to the Registrar under section 8(c) for identification and report and that person is subsequently acquitted or discharged without a conviction being recorded against him or her —
(a)
the authorised officer in charge of the case must immediately inform the Registrar of the acquittal or discharge; and
(b)
the Registrar must cause the finger impressions, photographs and registrable particulars that he or she had received in respect of that person under section 8(c) to be destroyed.