s 36 Individuals not found to have acted or about to act in manner prejudicial to security of Singapore
36.—(1) This section applies to or in relation to an individual who is arrested and detained pending enquiries under section 74 of the Internal Security Act 1960. (2) Where —(a) either or both of the following are satisfied:(i) the identifying information or records of the individual have been sent to the Registrar under section 13(3) and recorded in the identification database; (ii) any body sample has been taken from the individual under section 22(2) and the DNA information derived from the body sample has been recorded in the DNA database; and (b) investigations reveal that —(i) there are no grounds to justify the individual’s detention under section 8 of the Internal Security Act 1960; and (ii) the individual has not acted or was not about to act in any manner prejudicial to the security of Singapore or any part of Singapore, the police officer or law enforcement officer, who is in charge of the case must, as soon as practicable, notify the Registrar of the findings of the investigations. (3) The Registrar must, on receiving the notice from the police officer or law enforcement officer mentioned in subsection (2) —(a) remove the identifying information and records of the individual (if any) from the identification database; and (b) remove the DNA information of the individual (if any) from the DNA database. (4) In this section, “law enforcement officer” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Police Force Act 2004.[Act 26 of 2022 wef 12/06/2023]