Singapore legislation
Section 336
Section 336
Public Prosecutor
(1)
The Attorney-General shall be the Public Prosecutor and shall have the control and direction of criminal prosecutions and proceedings under this Code.
(2)
The Solicitor-General shall have all the powers of a Deputy Public Prosecutor and shall act as Public Prosecutor in case of the absence or inability to act of the Attorney-General.
(3)
Subject to this section, the Attorney-General may appoint any officers or persons to assist him or to act as his deputies in the performance of any of the functions or duties of the Public Prosecutor under this Code or under any written law and may assign to them their functions and duties.
(4)
The Public Prosecutor or the Solicitor-General or a person appointed a deputy under subsection (3) may authorise any advocate to act for him as Public Prosecutor in the conduct of any case or prosecution in court or in any part of such conduct.
(5)
Every criminal prosecution before the High Court shall be conducted by the Public Prosecutor or by the Solicitor-General or by a deputy appointed under subsection (3) or by an advocate authorised under sub¬section (4).
(6)
No person shall appear on behalf of the Attorney-General in any criminal appeal or on any point of law reserved under Chapter XXIX other than the Public Prosecutor or the Solicitor-General or a deputy appointed under subsection (3) or an advocate authorised under subsection (4).
(7)
Every prosecution for a seizable offence before a District Court and every inquiry before a Magistrate’s Court shall be conducted by the Public Prosecutor or by the Solicitor-General or by a deputy appointed under subsection (3), or by an advocate, officer or other person generally or specially authorised by the Public Prosecutor or by the Solicitor-General or by a deputy appointed under subsection (3) in that behalf.
(8)
Nothing in this section shall be held to preclude private persons or any officer of any Government department from appearing in person or by advocate to prosecute in summary cases before a Magistrate’s Court or in summary non-seizable cases before a District Court.[335