Singapore legislation
Clause 62
Clause 62
Amendment of section 235
Section 235 of the Code is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (6), the following subsection:“(7) Despite subsection (1), where a statement made by a person is recorded in the form of an audiovisual recording, if a court considers that the production of the audiovisual recording is necessary or desirable for the purposes of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code by or before the court, the court may only order the prosecution to do either or both of the following:
(a)
to produce the audiovisual recording in court;
(b)
to arrange for the defence to view the audiovisual recording at a police station or at any other prescribed place.”.