Criminals Registration Act · s 5

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s 5

(1)

The Registrar may in his discretion direct, either generally or in particular case or class of case, that any person who —

(a)

has been convicted of an offence;

(b)

has upon such conviction been sentenced to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and not to imprisonment except in default of payment of the fine; and

(c)

has not previously been registered as a criminal, need not be registered under this Act.

(2)

When any such direction has been given, the Registrar shall retain the registrable particulars of that person for one year and shall then destroy them:

Provided that the Registrar may, at any time before the expiration of that period of one year, revoke the direction, and thereupon he shall enter that person in the register, together with his registrable particulars, in accordance with sections 3 and 4.

PART IIA

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