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Part 2A · Spent Criminal Records

7DA. Criminal record rendered spent when community sentence completed

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Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2025. 4 amendments in all.

(1)

Despite any provision in this Part, the record in the register of an individual’s conviction within Singapore for a registrable crime for which a community sentence (as defined in section 336 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010) is passed by a court becomes spent on the date on which the community sentence is completed.

(2)

In addition, where a child or young person (as defined by section 2(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993) is the subject of an order of a Youth Court mentioned in section 49(1)(e), (f), (g), (h), (i) or (j) of that Act because of a registrable crime, then despite any provision in this Part, the criminal record in the register relating to that registrable crime becomes spent —

(a)

at the end of any period of supervision or detention specified in the order; (b)on the day after the community sentence specified in the order is completed; or

(c)

on the day after the fine, damages or costs ordered to be paid are paid.

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Removal of Registrable Particulars, Identifying Information, Records and Dna Information from Register, Identification Database and Dna Database

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