s 5 Registration of persons convicted in or banished from places outside principal registration area
5.—(1) The Minister may approve the registration under this Act of any individual convicted of any offence in, or banished, deported or expelled from, any place outside the principal registration area in respect of whom any registrable particulars are furnished to the Registrar by the officer in charge of any criminal records, register of criminals or prison in that place.[Act 26 of 2022 wef 12/06/2023] (2) Any approval given under this section may be either general, in respect of any place or of any class of case, or special in respect of a particular case. (3) Every general approval given under this section must be signified by notification in the Gazette.