Singapore legislation

Clause 11

of Law Enforcement and Other Matters Bill

Clause 11

Amendment of National Registration Act 1965

In the National Registration Act 1965 —

(a)

in section 22, replace the section heading with —“Arrest, search and detention”;

(b)

in section 22, after subsection (5), insert —“(6) Any person arrested under subsection (1) may be detained at —

(a)

a lock-up appointed as a place of confinement under section 4(1) of the Prisons Act 1933; or

(b)

an immigration depot designated under the Immigration Act 1959.”; and

(c)

after section 23, insert —“Bail and bond23A.—

(1)

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:

(a)

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;

(b)

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.”.