Extradition Act 1968 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Miscellaneous
48. Jurisdiction of courts
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Without limiting any power or jurisdiction conferred upon a District Judge by the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, a District Judge has in the exercise of his or her jurisdiction all the powers that are conferred upon and exercised by a Magistrate under this Act.
Every District Judge and Magistrate has the jurisdiction to hear a case and power to commit a fugitive to custody or prison to await the fugitive’s return under this Act.
fugitive
“fugitive” means a person who is accused of an extradition crime that is alleged to have been committed, or convicted of an extradition crime that was committed at a place within the jurisdiction of a foreign State or a declared Commonwealth country or of a part of such State or country and is, or is suspected to be, in Singapore;