Singapore legislation
Section 7B
Section 7B
Criminal record of Singapore crime may become spent
(1)
Subject to section 7C, all records in the register of any person convicted within Singapore of any crime shall be capable of becoming spent in accordance with this Part, whether the conviction is before, on or after 17 October 2005.
(2)
The record in the register of a person’s conviction within Singapore for a crime becomes spent on the expiration of the crime‑free period applicable to the person, unless he or she is disqualified under section 7C.
(3)
A record of a person’s conviction that is spent in accordance with this section is not revived by the subsequent conviction of the person for any offence after the crime‑free period.
(4)
In this section —
Definition
“crime-free period” means a period of not less than 5 consecutive years starting from the relevant date applicable to a person, during which the person —
has not been convicted of a crime;
has not been unlawfully at large in relation to any crime;
has not been detained or subject to police supervision under section 30(1) of the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act 1955; and
has not been subject to a supervision order or admitted to an approved institution under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 or admitted to an approved centre under the Intoxicating Substances Act 1987;
Definition
“relevant date”, in relation to a person, means —
where the sentence of the person does not include a term of imprisonment and is no longer subject to appeal, the date on which the sentence was passed;
where the sentence of the person includes a term of imprisonment and is no longer subject to appeal, the date of his or her release from legal custody; or
where a sentence of imprisonment has been wholly remitted or commuted to or substituted with a sentence other than a term of imprisonment, the date of that remission, commutation or substituted sentence, as the case may be.