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a police officer;

an officer of customs as defined in section 2(1) of the

Customs Order, 2006 (S 39/2006);

an Immigration Officer as defined in section 2 of the

Immigration Act (Chapter 17);

a prison officer as defined in section 2 of the Prisons Act

(Chapter 51);

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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

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;

“body sample”, in Part IV, has the same meaning as in section 112C of the Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 7);

“DNA” means deoxyribonucleic acid;

“DNA database” means the database maintained under section 13;

“DNA information” means genetic information derived from the forensic DNA analysis of a body sample;

“finger impression” includes thumb impression and palm impression;

“Minister” means Minister responsible for the administration of this Act;

“other particulars”, in relation to a person, means any particulars, information or description of that person, other than his registrable particulars, that may be relevant or useful in his identification;

“photograph”, in relation to a person, includes the photograph of any distinguishing feature or mark on his body and an eye scan;

“register” means the register of criminals kept in accordance with section 3;

“registrable particulars” means —

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;

any other particulars;

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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“Registrar” means the Registrar of Criminals, who shall be the

Commissioner of Police.