34. Acquittal of individuals of registrable crimes

Terms defined in s 2

• authorised officer

  authorised officer

  Defined · s 2

  “authorised officer” means —(a)a police officer;(b)an officer of customs of the Singapore Customs in any case concerning an offence or alleged offence against any law or provision of law which is the function of the Singapore Customs to enforce;(c)an immigration officer;(ca)a forensic specialist acting in accordance with an authorisation under section 65B(1) of the Police Force Act 2004 to exercise a power under this Act;(d)an officer of any law enforcement agency in any case concerning an offence or alleged offence against any law or provision of law which it is the function of that agency to enforce; and(e)any other person who is duly appointed in writing by the Commissioner of Police as an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act or any provision of this Act;

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• crime

  crime

  Defined · s 2

  “crime” means any offence included for the time being in the First or Second Schedule;

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• register

  register

  Defined · s 2

  “register” means the register of criminals maintained in accordance with section 4;

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• registrable particulars

  registrable particulars

  Defined · s 2

  “registrable particulars” means the particulars of any conviction, sentence, banishment, expulsion or deportation, and any name, description, photograph, or finger impression of, or document relating to, any person so convicted, sentenced, banished, expelled or deported, as the case may be, and includes particulars of any outstanding offence, whether that offence be a crime or not, taken into consideration in determining and passing sentence on any conviction for a crime;

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• Registrar

  Registrar

  Defined · s 2

  “Registrar” means the Registrar of Criminals appointed under section 3, and includes an Assistant Registrar of Criminals.

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