Singapore legislation
Section 222
Section 222
Provisions as to execution of sentences of inferior courts
With regard to sentences passed by any court other than the High Court, the following provisions shall take effect:
where the accused is sentenced to imprisonment the court passing sentence shall forthwith forward a warrant to the prison in which the imprisonment is to be served and, unless the accused is already confined in that prison, shall forward him to that prison with the warrant;
every such warrant shall be directed to the Director of Prisons and shall be handed to him or to an officer appointed by him for that purpose;
every such warrant shall be full authority for receiving and detaining the accused and for carrying into effect the sentence described in it. [221