CERTIFICATES OF NO CRIMINAL CONVICTION

Parliament of Singapore Β· 20 October 2008

Official Report, 20 October 2008, Vol 85, Issue 3 Β· Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

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CERTIFICATES OF NO CRIMINAL CONVICTION: **

(Numbers issued): **

2.

Mr Siew Kum Hong asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs for each of the past ten years, how many Certificates of No Criminal Conviction were issued to Singapore citizens, Singapore permanent residents, and foreigners who were not Singapore permanent residents.

Mr Wong Kan Seng: The table below shows the number of CNCCs applied for and issued for the past 10 years:

Year: |

No. of CNCC Applications: |

No. of CNCC Issued to:

Singapore:

Citizens: |

No. of CNCC Issued to:

Singapore:

PRs: |

No. of CNCC Issued to Foreigners: ---|---|---|---|---

1998

|

4996

|

2358

|

721

|

1958

1999

|

6477

|

2570

|

1051

|

2761

2000

|

9000

|

3370

|

1385

|

4001

2001

|

9629

|

3424

|

1246

|

4657

2002

|

10908

|

4374

|

1476

|

4820

2003

|

10138

|

4735

|

1458

|

3706

2004

|

12250

|

5725

|

1891

|

4324

2005

|

11337

|

5304

|

1914

|

4071

2006

|

10548

|

4590

|

1915

|

4071

2007

|

12707

|

5166

|

2367

|

4716

NB: For some years, the number of CNCC applications is smaller than the number of CNCC issued. This is due to the processing time of two weeks resulting in some December CNCC applications processed only in January the following year.


Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 20 October 2008. Republished on SGParliament.