Singapore legislation
Section 14
Section 14
Evidence
(1)
Subject to subsection (2) —
any photograph, finger impression or registrable particulars recorded in the register;
any record from the DNA database;
any certificate or report purporting to have been compiled from particulars recorded in the register or DNA database under the provisions of this Act; and
any document purporting to be a report upon any matter or thing relating to finger impressions or DNA information duly submitted to the Registrar for report,is, if duly produced from proper custody and authenticated by the signature of the Registrar, admissible in evidence in any court, and is sufficient proof of the facts thereon stated or appearing unless the same is disproved.
(2)
Despite subsection (1), in any trial at which any of the matters referred to in subsection (1) is tendered in evidence, the court or the accused may require that the Registrar be called as a witness.
(3)
Where the accused requires the Registrar to be called as a witness, the accused must give notice to the Public Prosecutor not less than 3 clear days before the commencement of the trial.