Singapore legislation
Regulation 30
Regulation 30
Keeping books and records
The Superintendent of a place of detention must keep or cause to be kept —
an admission register containing a record of the following information of all detained persons committed to the place of detention:
the date of commitment;
the date at which such detention will lapse;
the name, age, height, weight, particular marks and general appearance of the detained person;
any other particulars that the officer-in-charge of the place of detention may require;
a detained person’s effects book or record in the approved form;
a detained persons’ punishment book or record, in which the Superintendent must record the following:
the name of every detained person in the place of detention who has been punished for an offence; (ii)the punishment inflicted on the detained person;
the name of the officer ordering the punishment;
the certificate of the medical officer for the place of detention as to whether the detained person is physically fit to undergo the punishment ordered;
the date on which the punishment is inflicted;
an official visitors book;
a list of books and documents committed to the Superintendent’s care; and
such other books or records as the officer-in-charge of the place of detention may direct.