Singapore legislation
Clause 11
Clause 11
Amendment of National Registration Act 1965
In the National Registration Act 1965 —
in section 22, replace the section heading with —“Arrest, search and detention”;
in section 22, after subsection (5), insert —“(6) Any person arrested under subsection (1) may be detained at —
a lock-up appointed as a place of confinement under section 4(1) of the Prisons Act 1933; or
an immigration depot designated under the Immigration Act 1959.”; and
after section 23, insert —“Bail and bond23A.—
A person who has been arrested by a registration officer or police officer under section 22(1) may be released on bail or on personal bond granted by any registration officer.(2) Division 5 (Bails and bonds) of Part 6 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 applies to the release of a person on bail or on personal bond under this section or section 92 or 93 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 (as the case may be) with the following modifications:
any reference to “officer”, “police officer” or “police officer of or above the rank of sergeant” is to be read to include a registration officer;
the reference to the Commissioner of Police in section 92(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 is to be read to include the Commissioner.”.