Singapore legislation
Section 13
Section 13
Duty to submit to taking of photographs and finger impressions
(1)
It is the duty of every person under arrest who is accused of a crime and every person who is convicted of a crime or ordered to be banished, expelled or deported —
to submit to the taking of his or her photograph and his or her finger impressions and to any forensic procedure carried out by an authorised person who is also a forensic specialist; and
to provide such registrable particulars and other particulars as may be required under this Act.
(2)
Where a person to whom subsection (1) applies refuses, without reasonable excuse, to submit to the taking of his or her photograph or finger impressions, to any forensic procedure carried out by an authorised person who is also a forensic specialist, or to provide any registrable particulars or other particulars when lawfully required by an authorised officer or by an officer in charge of a prison —
that person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to both; and
the authorised officer or officer in charge of the prison may, with such assistance as is required, use such force as is reasonably necessary for the purposes of taking the photograph or finger impressions of that person or carrying out the forensic procedure, as the case may be.