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← Registration of Criminals Act 1949

Registration of Criminals Act 1949 s 21

s 21 Taking body samples from prisoners, etc.

21.—(1) Subsection (2) applies to or in relation to any of the following individuals:(a) an individual who is —(i) convicted of an eligible crime or a registrable crime, or ordered to be banished, deported or expelled; and (ii) under detention in any prison or reformative training centre; (b) an individual who is —(i) ordered to be removed from Singapore under the Immigration Act 1959; and (ii) under detention in an immigration depot, police station, prison or other place appointed by the Controller of Immigration mentioned in section 34(4) of the Immigration Act 1959. (2) Subject to section 24, a DNA officer may take a body sample from the individual mentioned in subsection (1) for forensic DNA analysis. (3) The DNA officer must send any body sample taken under subsection (2) to an authorised analyst for forensic DNA analysis.[Act 26 of 2022 wef 12/06/2023]

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