Singapore legislation
Section 10
Section 10
Assistance under Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000
(1)
Assistance under any provision of Part 3 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000 may be provided by Singapore to a Convention country for a criminal matter involving a relevant offence of that country.
(2)
For the purposes of subsection (1) —
a relevant offence is deemed to be a foreign serious offence for the purposes of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000;
that offence is deemed not to be an offence of a political character for the purposes of that Act;
section 20(3) of that Act is inapplicable to any request for assistance referred to in subsection (1); and
the reference to the appointed date in the definition of “foreign confiscation order” in section 2(1) of that Act is a reference to 1 April 2006.
(3)
The following offences are deemed to be Singapore offences for the purposes of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000:
an offence specified in the First Schedule committed to or in relation to a UN worker;
an offence specified in the Second Schedule committed to or in relation to relevant premises or a vehicle used by a UN worker;
an abetment of or a conspiracy or an attempt to commit an offence under paragraph (a) or (b); and
an offence against a UN worker.
(4)
In this section, “relevant offence”, in relation to a Convention country, means an offence against the law of that country where the act or omission constituting the offence or the equivalent act or omission —
would constitute an offence against a UN worker; or
would be such an offence if the description concerned contained a reference to any intent or state of mind on the part of the person committing the offence, or to any circumstance of aggravation, necessary to constitute the offence.