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← Registration of Criminals Act 1949

Registration of Criminals Act 1949 s 34

s 34 Acquittal of individuals of registrable crimes

34.—(1) Where —(a) the registrable particulars of an individual who is convicted of a registrable crime have been recorded in the register in relation to that registrable crime; and (b) the individual is acquitted of the registrable crime or of all the registrable crimes (as the case may be) with which the individual has been charged, whether or not on appeal or review, the authorised officer in charge of the case must, as soon as practicable, notify the Registrar of the acquittal. (2) The Registrar must, on receiving the notice from the authorised officer mentioned in subsection (1) —(a) remove the registrable particulars of the individual from the register; and (b) record the following information in the identification database:(i) the identifying information and records of the individual sent to the Registrar in relation to the registrable crime; (ii) the circumstances under which the registrable particulars of the individual were removed from the register.[Act 26 of 2022 wef 12/06/2023]

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