Singapore legislation
Clause 109
Clause 109
Duty of superintendent of prisons to receive prisoners, deserters and absentees without leave
(1)
The superintendent of every prison in Singapore shall receive and confine, until discharged or delivered over in due course of law —
all prisoners sent to such prison under this Act; and
every person delivered into his custody as a deserter or absentee without leave by any person conveying him under legal authority on production of a warrant of a magistrate on which such deserter or absentee without leave has been taken or committed, or of an order from the Minister, which order shall continue in force until the deserter or absentee without leave has arrived at his destination.
(2)
Every such superintendent shall also receive into his custody for a period not exceeding seven days any soldier in military custody upon delivery to him of a written order purporting to be signed by the commanding officer of such soldier.
(3)
The provisions of this section with respect to the superintendent of a prison in Singapore shall apply to a person having charge of any police station or other place in which prisoners may legally be confined.
(4)
For the purposes of this section “superintendent” includes the gaoler or other person in charge of a prison.