Extradition Act 1968 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Miscellaneous
49. Simultaneous requests
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If more than one foreign State or declared Commonwealth territory (as the case may be) makes a request for the surrender of a fugitive, the Minister may, having regard to the circumstances of the case, surrender the fugitive to any State or territory that the Minister thinks fit.
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;
The Minister in determining to which State or territory the fugitive should be returned must consider all the circumstances of the case and in particular —
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;
the relative seriousness of the offences;
the relative dates on which the requests were made; and
the citizenship or other national status of the fugitive and the fugitive’s ordinary residence.