Registration of Criminals Act 1949 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2A · Spent Criminal Records
7A. Interpretation and application of this Part
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In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —
“criminal record”, in relation to an individual, means the record which is kept in the register before, on or after 17 October 2005 of his or her conviction for —
register
“register” means the register of criminals maintained in accordance with section 4;
any registrable crime within Singapore; or
crime
“crime” means any offence included for the time being in the First or Second Schedule;
any offence outside Singapore registrable under this Act,and the registrable particulars related thereto;
registrable particulars
“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;
“term of imprisonment” does not include a term of imprisonment imposed by a court in default of payment of a fine or penalty.
For the purposes of this Part, an individual who is subject to a home detention order under section 52 of the Prisons Act 1933 is deemed to be in legal custody.
This Part binds the Government.