Singapore legislation

Section 4

of Registration of Criminals Act 1949

Section 4

Register of criminals

(1)

The Registrar must keep a register of —

(a)

persons convicted of any crime within Singapore;

(b)

persons convicted of any offence committed within, and registrable under the law of, Malaysia;

(c)

persons ordered to be banished, expelled or deported from Singapore or Malaysia;

(d)

persons convicted of any offence in, or banished, deported or expelled from, any place outside the principal registration area, whose registration may be approved under section 5,and must record in the register registrable particulars as hereinafter provided.

(2)

The register must be kept at the place or places within or without Singapore and in the manner that the Minister may direct.