Singapore legislation
Section 32
Section 32
Search warrants in relation to foreign offences
(1)
Where an authorised officer is authorised by any regulations made under this Act to apply to a court for a search warrant under this Act in relation to any material in respect of a foreign offence, the authorised officer may apply for the warrant accordingly and this Division applies to the application and to any warrant issued as a result of the application if a reference in this Division to a drug trafficking offence were a reference to the foreign offence.
(2)
If, in the course of searching, under a warrant issued under section 31, for any material in relation to a foreign offence, an authorised officer finds —
any material that the authorised officer believes, on reasonable grounds, to be the material in relation to the offence, although not of the kind specified in the warrant; or
any thing that the authorised officer believes, on reasonable grounds —
to be relevant to a criminal proceeding or a criminal investigation in the foreign country in respect of the offence; or
will afford evidence of the commission of a criminal offence,and the authorised officer believes, on reasonable grounds, that it is necessary to seize that material or thing in order to prevent its concealment, loss or destruction, the warrant shall be deemed to authorise the authorised officer to seize the material or thing.
(3)
Where an authorised officer takes possession of any material under a warrant issued in respect of a foreign offence , the authorised officer may retain the material for a period not exceeding one month pending a written direction from the Attorney-General as to the manner in which the material is to be dealt with (which may include a direction that the material is to be sent to an authority of the foreign country that requested the issue of the warrant).