Singapore legislation

Clause 11

of Extradition (Amendment) Bill

Clause 11

Amendment of section 35

Section 35 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “shall be” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “must be”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the word “him” in subsection (2), the words “or her”;

(c)

by deleting the words “the person may” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “the person must”;

(d)

by deleting the words “after he was apprehended or at the expiration of a period for which he has been remanded” in subsection (4) and substituting the words “after the person was apprehended or at the expiry of a period for which the person has been remanded”;

(e)

by deleting the words “and shall” in subsection (5) and substituting the words “and must”;

(f)

by deleting the words “order that he be released” in subsection (5)(a) and substituting the words “order that the person be released”;

(g)

by deleting paragraph (b) of subsection (5) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)if the person apprehended has been released on bail, make an order discharging the bonds upon which he or she was released on bail.”;

(h)

by deleting the words “the Magistrate shall” in subsection (6) and substituting the words “the Magistrate is to”;

(i)

by deleting subsection (7) and substituting the following subsection:“(7) Where the Magistrate is of the opinion that it would be dangerous to the life or prejudicial to the health of the person to surrender him or her to the country mentioned in subsection (6), the Magistrate may, in lieu of ordering that the person be surrendered to Malaysia, by warrant, order that he or she be held in custody at the place where he or she is for the time being, or at any other place to which the Magistrate considers that the person can be removed without danger to his or her life or prejudice to his or her health, until such time as he or she can without such danger or prejudice be surrendered to Malaysia.”;

(j)

by deleting the words “the warrant shall” in subsection (8) and substituting the words “the warrant must”;

(k)

by inserting, immediately after the word “he” in subsection (10), the words “or she”;

(l)

by deleting the word “retaken” wherever it appears in subsection (10) and substituting in each case the word “arrested”; (m)by inserting, immediately after the words “accused of an” in subsection (10), the word “arrestable”;

(n)

by inserting, immediately after the word “his” wherever it appears in subsection (11), the words “or her”;

(o)

by inserting, immediately after the word “he” in subsection (11), the words “or she”; and

(p)

by deleting the word “shall” in subsection (11) and substituting the word “must”.

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