Singapore legislation
Section 11
Section 11
Power to remove child or young person to place of temporary care and protection, etc.
(1)
Where the Director‑General, a protector or a police officer is satisfied on reasonable grounds that a child or young person is in need of care or protection, the Director‑General, protector or police officer may without warrant and with such assistance and by such force as is necessary, by day or by night enter any place in which the child or young person is to be found and —
remove the child or young person and commit him or her to a place of temporary care and protection or to the care of a fit person until the child or young person can be brought before a Youth Court to be dealt with under section 54; or
remove the child or young person and, before committing him or her to a place of temporary care and protection or to the care of a fit person under paragraph (a), present the child or young person before a registered medical practitioner, a psychologist or an approved welfare officer for an assessment or for any medical or other treatment as may be necessary.
(2)
Subject to subsection (3), every child or young person who is removed by the Director‑General, a protector or a police officer under section 10 or this section must, unless he or she is sooner returned to the custody of his or her parent or guardian, be brought before a Youth Court within 3 working days from the date of his or her being so removed in order that he or she may be dealt with under section 54.
(3)
If for any reason it is not possible for the child or young person to be brought before a Youth Court within the time specified in subsection (2) —
the Director‑General, protector or police officer (as the case may be) who removed the child or young person under subsection (1) must, within 3 working days from the date of the removal of the child or young person, inform the Youth Court of the removal and the reason for which it is not possible to comply with subsection (2); and
the Youth Court may make such order as the circumstances may admit and require in relation to the custody, charge and care of the child or young person until such time as the child or young person may be brought before the Youth Court.
(4)
Where the Director‑General or a protector is of the view that any contact or access between the child or young person removed under subsection (1) and any other person is not in the best interests of the child or young person, the Director‑General or protector may order that —
the other person concerned must not make any contact or have access to the child or young person during the period before the child or young person is brought before the Youth Court under subsection (2); or
the other person concerned may only have contact or access to the child or young person subject to such conditions as the Director‑General or protector may impose.[9