Extradition Act 1968 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Extradition from Singapore
15A. Magistrate to ascertain whether apprehended person consents to surrender, etc.
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A person who is apprehended under a warrant issued under section 12 must, unless he or she is sooner released, be brought as soon as practicable before a Magistrate.
The Magistrate may remand a person brought before him or her under this section, either in custody or on bail, for a period or periods not exceeding 7 days at any one time.
Where a Magistrate remands a person for the period in accordance with subsection (2), the person must, at the expiry of the period, be brought before the Magistrate or before any other Magistrate.
Whenever a person is brought before a Magistrate under subsection (1) or (3), the Magistrate is to ascertain from the person whether he or she wishes to consent to his or her surrender to the foreign State or declared Commonwealth territory, and —
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;
where the person indicates to the Magistrate that he or she wishes to consent to his or her surrender to the foreign State or declared Commonwealth territory — the procedure under section 21 applies; and
in every other case — the procedure under section 16 applies.
If the person was apprehended under a warrant issued otherwise than in pursuance of an authority by the Minister in a notice under section 11(1)(a), the Magistrate is to remand the person in accordance with subsections (2) and (3) until the Magistrate receives a notice under section 11(1)(b) from the Minister informing the Magistrate that a request for the surrender of the person has been made to the Minister by a foreign State or declared Commonwealth territory.
Where the Magistrate does not receive a notice under section 11(1)(b) mentioned in subsection (5) within such time as is reasonable having regard to all the circumstances, the Magistrate —
if the person apprehended is held in custody, is to order that he or she be released; or
if the person apprehended has been released on bail, is to make an order discharging the bonds upon which the person apprehended was released on bail.
In subsections (5) and (6), “Magistrate”, in relation to a person who has been apprehended under a warrant issued under section 12, means the Magistrate before whom the person is brought after he or she was apprehended or at the expiry of a period for which he or she has been remanded under this section, as the case may be.