Singapore legislation
Section 376
Section 376
Proof by formal admission
(1)
Subject to this section, any fact of which oral evidence may be given in any criminal proceedings may be admitted for the purpose of those proceedings by or on behalf of the Public Prosecutor or the accused, and the admission by any party of any such fact under this section shall as against that party be conclusive evidence in those proceedings of the fact admitted.
(2)
An admission under this section —
may be made before or at the proceedings;
if made otherwise than in court, shall be in writing;
if made in writing by an individual, shall purport to be signed by the person making it and, if so made by a body corporate, shall purport to be signed by a director or manager, or the secretary or some other similar officer of the body corporate;
if made on behalf of an accused who is an individual, shall be made by his advocate;
if made at any stage before the trial by an accused who is an individual, must be approved by his advocate (whether at the time it was made or subsequently) before or at the proceedings in question.
(3)
An admission under this section for the purpose of proceedings relating to any matter shall be treated as an admission for the purpose of any subsequent criminal proceedings relating to that matter (including any appeal or retrial).
(4)
An admission under this section may with the leave of the court be withdrawn in the proceedings for the purpose of which it is made or any subsequent criminal proceedings relating to the same matter.[375