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 —
15 days after the date of the occurrence of any one of the circumstances mentioned in section 37(3)(b) of the Act; or
if the Registrar had previously notified the individual under section 39(2) of the Act that —
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
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.