Singapore legislation
Clause 32
Clause 32
New sections 256B and 256C
In the Code, after section 256A, insert —“Personal attendance of person subject to proceedings under this Division may be dispensed with256B.—
Subject to subsection (2), in any court proceedings under this Division, the court may dispense with the attendance of a person subject to those proceedings if the court is satisfied that it would be in the interests of justice to do so in light of the person’s state of mind or physical or mental condition.(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any proceedings under this Division in which the person is required to be produced before the court.Court may conduct proceedings through video or television links256C. Despite any provision of this Code or of any other written law, in any court proceedings under this Division, if the court is satisfied that —
it is in the interests of justice; and
sufficient administrative and technical facilities and arrangements are made at the place from which a person subject to proceedings under this Division is to give evidence or to appear,the court may order that the person give evidence or appear (other than to give evidence) by means of a live video or live television link from any place in Singapore.”.