Singapore legislation
Section 7
Section 7
Discretionary power to dispense with registration
(1)
The Commissioner of Police may in his or her discretion direct, either generally or in particular cases, that any person who —
has been convicted of an offence included in the Second Schedule;
has upon such conviction been sentenced to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and not to imprisonment except in default of payment of the fine; and
has not previously been registered as a criminal,need not be registered as hereinbefore provided.
(2)
When any such direction has been given, the Registrar must retain the registrable particulars of that person for 6 months from the date of receipt thereof and must then destroy them.
(3)
However, the Commissioner of Police may, at any time before the expiration of the period of 6 months mentioned in subsection (2), revoke the direction, and thereupon the Registrar must enter that person in the register, together with the registrable particulars relating to him or her, in accordance with sections 4 and 6.