Singapore legislation
Regulation 57
Regulation 57
Detained persons unfit for detention
Subregulation 1
Where, in the opinion of a medical officer for a place of detention —
the life of any detained person in the place of detention would be endangered if the detained person remains in the place of detention; (b)any detained person in the place of detention will not survive his detention; or (c)any detained person in the place of detention is totally and permanently unfit to be detained in the place of detention, the medical officer must give a written notice to the Superintendent of the place of detention containing the medical officer’s opinion and the medical grounds for the opinion.
Subregulation 2
The Superintendent of a place of detention must, without delay after receiving the written notice mentioned in paragraph (1), forward the written notice to the officer-in-charge of the place of detention.