Singapore legislation

Section 50Z

of Prisons Act 1933

Section 50Z

Powers of arrest, etc.

Amended by1/20141/20141/2014

(1)

The offence of committing a serious breach of a mandatory aftercare condition under section 50Y(1) shall be an arrestable and bailable offence for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010.

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(2)

A prison officer may exercise all the powers which a police officer of equivalent rank may exercise under the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 in respect of an offence of committing a serious breach of a mandatory aftercare condition under section 50Y(1).

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(3)

To avoid doubt, where the Commissioner recalls a prisoner to prison under section 50X, the prisoner is not to be admitted to bail.

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