Singapore legislation

Regulation 4

of Registration of Criminals (DNA Database, Identification Database and Register) Rules 2023

Regulation 4

Prescribed time to apply for removal of information from identification database or DNA database

For the purposes of section 37(4) of the Act, the prescribed time is —

(a)

15 days after the date of the occurrence of any one of the circumstances mentioned in section 37(3)(b) of the Act; or

(b)

if the Registrar had previously notified the individual under section 39(2) of the Act that —

(i)

the circumstance mentioned in section 39(1)(a) of the Act exists (whether or not the circumstance mentioned in section 39(1)(b) of the Act also exists) — 15 days after the ongoing prosecution or investigation is concluded; and

(ii)

the circumstance mentioned in section 39(1)(b) of the Act exists but the circumstance mentioned in section 39(1)(a) of the Act does not exist — any time.