KUALA LUMPUR: The Registration of Criminals and Undesirable Persons (Amendment) Bill 2026 was tabled for its first reading in the Dewan Rakyat today.
Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah, while tabling the bill, said it would be presented for its second reading during the current sitting.
The bill seeks to provide for the particulars of a person convicted of a registrable offence to become spent.
Clause 2 seeks to amend Section 2 of the Act to introduce the definition of "crime-free period" for the purposes of the new provisions relating to registrable particulars becoming spent.
Clause 3 seeks to introduce new sections 13a, 13b and 13c into the Act.
The proposed new section 13a seeks to provide for registrable particulars becoming spent, including the eligibility requirement, applicable crime-free period and circumstances under which the registrable particulars cease to be eligible to become spent.
The proposed new section 13b seeks to provide for the effect of registrable particulars of a person convicted of a registrable offence becoming spent.
Upon the registrable particulars becoming spent, the registrable particulars shall be treated as no longer registered in the register and as if the person has not been convicted of the registrable offence to which the spent registrable particulars relate.
The new section 13b further provides that even though the registrable particulars have become spent, the registrable particulars shall remain recorded in the register for the purposes of record by the registrar.
The proposed new section 13c seeks to provide that the registrable particulars of a person which has become spent shall be revived if during or after the expiry of a crime-free period, the person is convicted of any registrable offence specified in the First Schedule.
The proposed new section also seeks to provide that if the registrable particulars of the person is revived, the registrable particulars of the person shall be treated as if they have never become spent under the Act.
Clause 4 seeks to amend subsection 15(1) of the Act to empower the minister to amend the proposed new Fourth Schedule, while Clause 5 seeks to introduce a new Fourth Schedule to provide the list of registrable offences for which registrable particulars are not eligible to become spent.
Clause 6 deals with saving provision.
The bill will not involve the government in any extra financial expenditure.
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