Criminals Registration Act · 2014 Revised Edition · Part III · Taking of Finger Impressions, Photographs and Particulars
Section 8
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where the finger impressions, photographs and a record of registrable particulars of a person have been sent to the Registrar under section 6(c) and that person is subsequently acquitted or discharged without a conviction being recorded against him —
registrable particulars
“registrable particulars” means — (a) particulars of any conviction, sentence, banishment, expulsion or deportation, and any name, description, photograph, or finger impression of, or any document relating to, any person so convicted, sentenced, banished, expelled or deported, as the case may be; (b) any other particulars; (c) particulars of any outstanding offence taken into consideration for the purposes of determining and passing sentence on any conviction for an offence;
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the authorised officer in charge of the case shall immediately inform the Registrar of the acquittal or discharge; and
authorised officer
“authorised officer” means — (a) a police officer; (b) an officer of customs as defined in section 2(1) of the Customs Order, 2006; (c) an Immigration Officer as defined in section 2 of the Immigration Act; (d) a prison officer as defined in section 2 of the Prisons Act; (e) an officer of any law enforcement agency in any case concerning an offence or alleged offence against any law which it is the function of that agency to enforce; and (f) any other person appointed in writing by the Commissioner of Police as an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act or any provision thereof;
the Registrar shall cause such finger impressions, photographs and record to be destroyed:
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Criminals, who shall be the Commissioner of Police.
Provided that this section does not apply to a person who —
has been lawfully ordered to leave
Brunei
Darussalam;
is prohibited from entering Brunei Darussalam; or
has been arrested in pursuance of any order of detention made under any written law.
Duty to submit to taking of finger impressions and photographs.
Terms defined in s 2
authorised officer
Defined · s 2“authorised officer” means — (a) a police officer; (b) an officer of customs as defined in section 2(1) of the Customs Order, 2006; (c) an Immigration Officer as defined in section 2 of the Immigration Act; (d) a prison officer as defined in section 2 of the Prisons Act; (e) an officer of any law enforcement agency in any case concerning an offence or alleged offence against any law which it is the function of that agency to enforce; and (f) any other person appointed in writing by the Commissioner of Police as an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act or any provision thereof;
registrable particulars
Defined · s 2“registrable particulars” means — (a) particulars of any conviction, sentence, banishment, expulsion or deportation, and any name, description, photograph, or finger impression of, or any document relating to, any person so convicted, sentenced, banished, expelled or deported, as the case may be; (b) any other particulars; (c) particulars of any outstanding offence taken into consideration for the purposes of determining and passing sentence on any conviction for an offence;
Registrar
Defined · s 2“Registrar” means the Registrar of Criminals, who shall be the Commissioner of Police.