Section 220

after sentence has been pronounced a warrant under the seal of the court shall be made out for the commitment of the person sentenced to the custody of the Director of Prisons in accordance with the form in Schedule B;[Form 37.](b)such warrant shall be full authority to the Director of Prisons or any officer appointed by him for that purpose for receiving into his custody and detaining the person so sentenced until the further warrant or order of the court;

in cases in which notice of appeal or notice of an application for leave to appeal is not given within the prescribed period, the Judge who presided at the trial shall, as soon as conveniently may be after that period has elapsed, forward to the Minister a copy of the notes of evidence taken at the trial, together with a report in writing signed by him stating whether, in his opinion, there are any reasons (and, if so, what reasons) why the sentence of death should or should not be carried out;

in cases in which notice of appeal or notice of an application for leave to appeal is given, the Judge who presided at the trial shall, as soon as conveniently may be after receiving notification from the Registrar of the Supreme Court that the notice has been given, forward to the Court of Criminal Appeal the notes of evidence and report referred to in paragraph (c); and if the Court of Criminal Appeal dismisses the appeal or the application for leave to appeal, as the case may be, the Chief Justice or other presiding Judge shall, as soon as conveniently may be after the dismissal, forward to the Minister the notes of evidence and report together with an intimation of the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeal and also such report, if any, on the case as that Court may think fit to make, signed by the Chief Justice or other presiding Judge;

the President, acting in accordance with section 8 of the Republic of Singapore Independence Act shall communicate to the High Court a copy under his hand and seal of any order which he makes, which order, if the sentence is to be carried out, shall state the time and place when and where the execution is to be held, and, if the sentence is commuted into any other punishment, shall so state and, if the person sentenced is pardoned, shall so state; [Vol. 1.](f)(i)on receiving the copy of the President’s order the court shall cause the effect of the order to be entered on the calendar of sentences and, if the sentence is to be carried out, shall cause a warrant under the seal of the court and the hand of a Judge to be issued, setting out the time and place when and where the execution is to be held as prescribed in the order of the President;[Form 38.](ii)the President may order a respite of the execution of the warrant and afterwards appoint some other time or other place for its execution;

such warrant shall be directed to the Director of Prisons who shall carry the sentence into effect in accordance with law;

(i)there shall be present at the execution of the sentence the superintendent of the prison, a medical officer of the prison, and such other officers of the prison as the Director of Prisons requires;

there may also be present any minister of religion in attendance at the prison and such other persons as the Director of Prisons thinks proper to admit;

as soon as possible after judgment of death has been executed a medical officer of the prison shall examine the body of the person executed and shall ascertain the fact of death and shall sign a certificate of death and deliver it to the Director of Prisons;

a Coroner shall, within 24 hours after the execution, hold an inquiry as provided for by this Code and shall inquire into and satisfy himself of the identity of the body and whether judgment of death was duly executed on it;

a copy of the verdict shall be forwarded to and filed in the Registry of the Supreme Court and another shall be forwarded to and filed in the office of the Minister;

where a sentence of death is avoided by the escape of the person sentenced to death, execution of the sentence shall be carried into effect at such other time after his recapture as the High Court orders;

no omission or error as to time and place and no defect in form in any order or warrant given under this section and no omission to comply with paragraph (g) shall be held to render illegal any execution carried into effect under the order or warrant or intended so to have been carried into effect or shall render any execution illegal which would otherwise have been legal. [219