Singapore legislation
Clause 12
of Terrorism (Suppression of Misuse of Radioactive Material) Bill
Clause 12
Assistance under Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act
(1)
For the purposes of the provision of assistance under Part III of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act (Cap. 190A) to a Convention country for a criminal matter involving a relevant offence of that country, the relevant offence is deemed not to be an offence of a political character.
(2)
In this section —
Definition
“criminal matter” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act;
Definition
“relevant offence”, in relation to a Convention country, means an offence against the law of that country that consists of or includes conduct which, if the conduct occurred in Singapore, would constitute a nuclear terrorism offence.