Registration of Criminals Act 1949 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2A · Spent Criminal Records
7F. Reference to criminal record not to include record of offence not kept in register
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Where an individual has been convicted of any offence the record of which is not kept in the register, it is lawful for the individual —
register
“register” means the register of criminals maintained in accordance with section 4;
to answer any question asked of him or her on or after 17 October 2005 about his or her criminal record of any conviction (whether or not kept in the register) in the manner as if the question relates only to his or her criminal record defined under section 7A(1); and
not to disclose any information about any record of a conviction which is not kept in the register.
Any reference in any agreement or other document made on or after 17 October 2005 to the criminal record of any conviction (whether or not kept in the register) of an individual to which this section applies, is taken to refer only to his or her criminal record defined under section 7A(1), and not to any record of a conviction which is not kept in the register.
criminal record
“criminal record”, in relation to a person, means the record which is kept in the register before, on or after 17 October 2005 of his or her conviction for —(a)any crime within Singapore; or(b)any offence outside Singapore registrable under this Act,and the registrable particulars related thereto;