Singapore legislation
Section 16
Section 16
Power of protector to require production of a transferred child in certain cases
(1)
Whenever a protector has reason to believe that there is, within Singapore, a transferred child —
in respect of whose transfer no notification has been made within one week after the transfer; or
who for any reason is in need of supervision,he may, by summons under his hand addressed to the person who has or is believed to have the care, custody or control of the child, require the person to appear and to produce the child before him at the time and place specified in the summons.
(2)
If a person on whom a summons has been served under subsection (1) fails to produce the child at the time and place specified therein, the protector may issue a warrant authorising any person named therein to search for the child and produce the child before him.
(3)
Any child named or described in such warrant may be removed to a place of safety and there temporarily detained until the protector has completed his inquiry under this Part or may, for the like period, be temporarily committed to the custody of a relative or other fit person on such terms and conditions as the protector may require.
(4)
On production of a child before the protector in pursuance of a summons or warrant issued under this section, he shall hold such inquiry as he thinks fit and, if after the inquiry he is of the opinion that there has been a failure to notify as required by this Part or that the child is in need of supervision, he may order the person having the care, custody or control of the child to furnish him with copies of the child’s and the person’s photographs and to furnish a bond or other security to the satisfaction of the protector that the child —
will not leave Singapore for so long as he is under the age of 18 years or for any shorter period;
will not be transferred to the care, custody or control of any other person without the previous consent of a protector;
will not be ill-treated or neglected or employed, used or trained for any immoral or unlawful purpose or in any immoral or unlawful manner; and
will be produced before a protector whenever he so requires.
(5)
If default is made in complying with any order made or any condition of a bond furnished under subsection (4), the protector may, without or in addition to enforcing the bond or other security, by warrant under his hand, order that the child, in respect of whom the order was made, be taken out of the custody of the person in whose care, custody or control the child is and committed to a place of safety or, on such security and on such conditions as the protector may require, to the custody of a relative or other fit person until the child attains the age of 18 years or for any shorter period.
(6)
The protector shall register particulars relating to any child in respect of whom an order has been made under this section and particulars relating to his parents and any person who has had or has the care, custody or control of the child.