Registration of Criminals and Undesirable Persons Act 1969 s 5
Registration of Criminals and Undesirable Persons Act 1969 s 5
s 5 Functions of recording officer
The recording officer in charge of a case shall take or cause to be taken and recorded on the fingerprint form the finger impressions, photographs and other registrable particulars of any person (other than the particulars of any conviction, sentence or other order of the court in respect of a registrable offence at the conclusion of the case)—
(a) when a person is arrested for any registrable offence;
(b) (i) when a person is convicted for a registrable offence unless his registrable particulars have already been taken under paragraph (a); and
(ii) when a person in addition to being convicted of a registrable offence is sentenced to a term of imprisonment;
(c) when a person is not arrested but is summoned to appear in court on a charge for a registrable offence and when he is subsequently convicted, or is found guilty without a conviction being recorded under any order of the court binding over the accused to be of good behaviour, placing the accused under probation or under any other similar order of the Court which finds the accused guilty of a registrable offence (but dispenses with an order of conviction) except where a person is merely admonished or cautioned and discharged; or
(d) when a banishee, expelee, deportee or restrictee is banished, expelled, deported or placed under an order of restricted residence as the case requires,
and shall forward the fingerprint form to the Registrar who shall (subject to this Act) retain the form.
Malay text (authoritative)
Fungsi pegawai merekod
Pegawai merekod yang menjaga sesuatu kes hendaklah mengambil atau menyebabkan supaya diambil dan direkodkan cap jari, gambar foto dan butir-butir boleh daftar yang lain dalam borang cap jari mengenai mana-mana orang (selain butir-butir mengenai apa-apa sabitan, hukuman atau perintah lain mahkamah berkenaan dengan sesuatu kesalahan boleh daftar manakala tamatnya kes itu)—
(a) apabila seseorang itu ditangkap kerana sesuatu kesalahan boleh daftar; atau
(b) (i) apabila seseorang itu disabitkan atas suatu kesalahan boleh daftar melainkan jika butir-butir boleh daftarnya itu telahpun diambil di bawah perenggan (a); dan
(ii) apabila seseorang itu, selain disabitkan atas suatu kesalahan boleh daftar, dihukum dengan pemenjaraan selama sesuatu tempoh;
(c) apabila seseorang itu tidak ditangkap tetapi disaman supaya hadir dalam mahkamah atas pertuduhan mengenai suatu kesalahan boleh daftar dan apabila dia kemudiannya disabitkan, atau didapati bersalah tanpa direkodkan sabitan itu di bawah mana-mana perintah mahkamah dengan menghendaki tertuduh mengikat jamin supaya berkelakuan baik, dengan meletakkan tertuduh di bawah percubaan atau meletakkan tertuduh di bawah mana-mana perintah seumpama itu yang lain yang dibuat oleh Mahkamah yang mendapati tertuduh itu melakuka n suatu
kesalahan boleh daftar (tetapi mengecualikannya daripada suatu perintah sabitan) kecuali jika seseorang itu cuma ditegur atau diberi amaran atau dilepaskan; atau
(d) apabila seseorang orang dibuang negeri, dinyah negeri, diusir atau orang terhad dibuang negeri, dinyahkan atau diusir atau diletakkan di bawah suatu perintah kediaman terhad mengikut kehendak keadaan,
dan hendaklah mengemukakan borang cap jari itu kepada Pendaftar dan Pendaftar itu hendaklah (tertakluk kepada Akta ini) menyimpan borang itu.
Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
