Singapore legislation

Clause 29

of Drug Trafficking (Confiscation of Benefits) Bill

Clause 29

Production orders in relation to foreign offences

(1)

Where an authorised officer is authorised by any regulations made under this Act to apply to a court for a production order under this Act in respect of a foreign offence, the authorised officer may apply for the order accordingly and this Division applies to the application and to any production order made as a result of the application as if a reference in this Division to a drug trafficking offence were a reference to the foreign offence.

(2)

Where an authorised officer takes possession of any material under a production order made in respect of a foreign offence, the authorised officer may retain the material for a period of one month pending a written direction from the Attorney-General as to the manner in which the material is to be dealt with (which may include a direction that the material be sent to an authority of the foreign country that requested the obtaining of the production order).

Clause 29 — Drug Trafficking (Confiscation of Benefits) Bill