Singapore legislation
Section 5
Section 5
Extraterritorial application
(1)
Sections 8 and 26 extend to acts done or omitted to be done outside Singapore by —
any citizen of Singapore; or
any other person on board any ship or aircraft registered in Singapore.
(2)
Where an offence under section 8 or 26 is committed outside Singapore by a citizen of Singapore, he or she may be dealt with in respect of that offence as if that offence had been committed within Singapore.
(3)
Despite anything in any other written law, proceedings in respect of any offence under section 8 or 26 committed anywhere outside Singapore must not, by virtue only of the provisions of this Act, be instituted in any court except with the consent of the Public Prosecutor.
(4)
Despite subsection (3), a person may be arrested, or a warrant for a person’s arrest may be issued and executed, and the person may be remanded in custody or on bail, but no further or other proceedings are to be taken until the consent of the Public Prosecutor has been obtained.