Singapore legislation
Section 7C
Section 7C
Person disqualified from having criminal record become spent
A person is disqualified from having the record in the register of his or her conviction becoming spent under section 7B if —
that conviction was for any offence specified in the Third Schedule;
the sentence imposed on him or her for that conviction included —
a term of imprisonment exceeding 3 months; or
a fine exceeding $2,000;
that conviction was for a crime committed within 5 years after he or she had been released from —
an approved institution under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973; or
an approved centre under the Intoxicating Substances Act 1987;
he or she has been detained or subject to police supervision under section 30(1) of the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act 1955 at any time before that conviction;
for the time being, he or she has a warrant of arrest for any offence issued against him or her which remains unexecuted;
he or she has records in the register of more than one conviction, whether or not those convictions arise from the same particular occasion; or
he or she has had any previous record in the register of any of his or her convictions become spent under section 7B or treated as spent under section 7D.