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PRISONS REGULATIONS 1982 - REG 39

39 .         Confidentiality of records

        (1)         Subject to subregulation (2) the records referred to in regulation 38 with respect to a prisoner who is released without conviction by a court and of a prisoner who is acquitted of the charge in respect of which he was imprisoned shall be destroyed at the request of the prisoner.

        (2)         The chief executive officer may, for statistical purposes, retain a record of — 

            (a)         the name and date of birth;

            (b)         the usual place of residence at the time of admission;

            (c)         the date and reason for admission; and

            (d)         the date and reason for discharge,

                of a prisoner referred to in subregulation (1).

        [Regulation 39 amended: Gazette 11 Dec 1987 p. 4369; 2 Nov 1999 p. 5475; 3 Apr 2007 p. 1495.]

        [Heading inserted: Gazette 3 Apr 2007 p. 1495.]



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