Extradition Act 1968 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Extradition from Singapore
15. Search and seizure upon and after apprehension of person
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Where an authorised officer who executes a warrant issued under section 12 has reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is any thing on, in the possession of, or under the apparent control of the person who is the subject of the warrant that —
may be material as evidence in proving an offence to which the warrant for his or her arrest relates; or
has been acquired by the person as a result of that offence,the authorised officer may search for and, subject to subsection (3), seize that thing.
Where at any point in time after the arrest of the person mentioned in subsection (1) and up to the time the person is surrendered to the requesting foreign State or declared Commonwealth territory (as the case may be), an authorised officer becomes aware that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is in any place any thing that —
foreign State
“foreign State” means —(a)any foreign State; or(b)any of the territories specified in the Third Schedule,between which and Singapore an extradition treaty is in force;
may be material as evidence in proving an offence to which the warrant for the person’s arrest relates; or
has been acquired by the person as a result of that offence,the authorised officer may search for and, subject to subsection (3), seize that thing.
An authorised officer carrying out a search and seizure under subsection (1) or (2) may only seize any thing that is identified or described by the requesting foreign State or declared Commonwealth territory, whether in the request for surrender or otherwise.