Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
			
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
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                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
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						Whole Act | 
					
						29 December 1993 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			| How Affected | Affecting Provision | 
			
			
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						Application restricted | 
					3/2023, ss. 1(4), 44(4) | 
				
			
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					16/1995, s. 7B(4), as inserted by 3/2023, ss. 1(4), 62 | 
				
			
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					28/2005, ss. 10(1), 11, 14(2) | 
				
			
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					16/1995, s. 7(9) | 
				
			
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						Applied | 
					S.I. No. 204 of 2008, rls. 1(2), 36 | 
				
			
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						S. 2 facilitation of review under section included in list of purposes for which DNA (Military Police) Database System may be used | 
					16/2022, ss. 1(2), 26(2)(c) | 
				
			
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						S. 3(9)-(11) inserted subject to transitional provisions | 
					24/2023, ss. 1(5), 62 | 
				
			
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						S. 6 substituted  | 
					18/2014, ss. 1(2), 50 | 
				
			
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						S. 11 repealed | 
					18/2014, ss. 1(2), 73, sch. 1 | 
				
			
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					31/1995, sch. 1, part 2 | 
				
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						None | 
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