Singapore legislation
Clause 29
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).