Singapore legislation

Regulation 26

of Prisons Regulations

Regulation 26

Admission records

Amended byS 369/2026 wef 08/06/2026

Subregulation 1

The Commissioner must ensure that if a prisoner is admitted to a prison, a record containing the following information is created and kept updated:

(a)

the prisoner’s name;

(b)

the prisoner’s identification number;

(c)

a photograph of the prisoner;

(d)

the prisoner’s fingerprint impressions and any of the prisoner’s physiological data necessary for identifying or authenticating the identity of the prisoner using a biometric authenticating system;

(e)

any other particulars about the prisoner that the Commissioner may require.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 369/2026 wef 08/06/2026

For the purposes of paragraph (1), a prison officer may do either or both of the following:

(a)

require a prisoner to give any information mentioned in that paragraph;

(b)

measure, photograph or take the fingerprint impressions or other records of, a prisoner.

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