Singapore legislation
Regulation 53
Regulation 53
Medical examination of detained persons
Amended byS 617/2023 wef 08/09/2023
A medical officer for a place of detention must —
(a)
before any punishment is carried out in respect of any detained person in the place of detention, examine the detained person and certify whether, in the medical officer’s opinion, the punishment can be carried out without causing serious injury to the detained person; (b)before any detained person in the place of detention is discharged or transferred to any other place of detention, examine the detained person; (c)visit any detained person in the place of detention who is sick; and
(d)
see, at least once daily, any detained person who is sentenced to close confinement in the place of detention.