Clause 150

Whenever an order has been made under subsection (3) of section 140, section 141, 144 or 145 of this Ordinance for the detention of a woman or girl in a place of safety and it appears to the Minister to be expedient in the interests of such woman or girl that she should be removed from such place of safety and transferred to a place of safety established in the Federation of Malaya, Sarawak, North Borneo, Brunei or Hong Kong under the provisions of any law for the time being in force in the Federation of Malaya, Sarawak, North Borneo, Brunei or Hong Kong, as the case may be, for the protection of women and girls, it shall be lawful for the Minister to issue an order that such woman or girl shall be removed to such place of safety established in the Federation of Malaya, Sarawak, North Borneo, Brunei or Hong Kong:Provided that no woman or girl admitted into a place of safety in Singapore on the request in writing of her lawful guardian under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 145 of this Ordinance shall be so removed from such place of safety except with the approval in writing of her lawful guardian.

The order for removal under this section shall be addressed to the person in charge of the place of safety in which the woman or girl is detained and shall direct such person to deliver the woman or girl to the person mentioned in the said order for removal at such place in the Federation of Malaya, Sarawak, North Borneo, Brunei or Hong Kong and in such manner as may be specified in the said order for the purpose of transfer as aforesaid; and the woman or girl shall be delivered up and shall be transferred accordingly.

The Minister may direct that any conditions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Part of this Ordinance, which may be prescribed by the provisions of any law for the time being in force in the Federation of Malaya, Sarawak, North Borneo, Brunei or Hong Kong for the reception of women and girls from Singapore into the Federation of Malaya, Sarawak, North Borneo, Brunei or Hong Kong, and the detention therein of such women and girls shall be observed.

Any woman or girl removed under this Part of this Ordinance to a place of safety in the Federation of Malaya, Sarawak, North Borneo, Brunei or Hong Kong may, if she so desires, on being discharged from such place of safety, be returned to Singapore.