Singapore legislation

Clause 58

of Police Force Bill

Clause 58

Jurisdiction during overseas service

(1)

Section 59 shall apply to any act done or omitted outside Singapore by any police officer or special police officer while —

(a)

he is serving outside Singapore pursuant to any order made under section 56;

(b)

he is a member of a unit of the Police Force forming part of a United Nations force serving outside Singapore; or

(c)

he is a member of any overseas operation referred to in section 56(1)(c) and is outside Singapore.

(2)

For the purposes of this section —

(a)

a person shall be deemed to start serving outside Singapore pursuant to an order made under section 56 from the time he leaves Singapore to undertake those duties until the time he returns to Singapore;

(b)

a unit of the Police Force shall be deemed to form part of a United Nations force from the time the unit leaves Singapore to undertake duties with the United Nations force until the time the unit returns to Singapore; and

(c)

a person is deemed to be a member of any overseas operation referred to in section 56(1)(c) from the time the person leaves Singapore to undertake duties with the overseas operation until the time he returns to Singapore.