Section 37Part 6 — CUSTODY AND MANAGEMENT OF EXPUNGED CRIMINAL RECORDS
Protection of disclosures of discharges
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37. (1) No judicial record of a discharge under any Law that is in the custody of the Commissioner or of any department or agency of the Government of the Islands shall be disclosed to any person, nor may the existence of the judicial record or the fact of the discharge be disclosed to any person, without the prior approval of the Governor unless —
more than one year has elapsed since the person was discharged absolutely; or Section 38 Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Law Page 22 Revised as of 28th day of February, 2018 c
more than three years have elapsed since the person was discharged on the conditions prescribed in a probation order.
On the expiration of the relevant period referred to in subsection (1), the Commissioner shall remove all references to a discharge under any Law from the criminal conviction records retrieval system that may be maintained by the Police Service.
Notwithstanding sections 36 and subsections (1) and (2), the name, date of birth and last known address of a person whose criminal record is expunged and who has received a discharge referred to in subsection (1) may be disclosed to the Police Service if a fingerprint, identified as that of the person, is found —
at the scene of a crime during an investigation of the crime; or
during an attempt to identify a deceased person or a person suffering from amnesia. Protecting vulnerable persons