Singapore legislation

Regulation 73

of Internal Security (Detained Persons) Rules

Regulation 73

Minor offences

The following shall be deemed to be minor offences:(1)shouting or making unnecessary noise within a place of detention;(2)quarrelling with any other detained person;(3)assaulting or taking part in any attack on any other detained person;(4)doing any act or using any language calculated to wound or offend the feeling and prejudices of any other detained person;(5)using any abusive or indecent language or indulging in any indecent act or gesture;(6)committing any nuisance in any place of detention;(7)treating with disrespect any Judge, District Judge, Magistrate, Justice of the Peace or other person lawfully visiting any place of detention, or any officer or person employed in or in connection with a place of detention;(8)refusing without reasonable excuse to eat the food provided in the place of detention;(9)wilfully destroying food or throwing it away without orders;(10)omitting or refusing to keep his person clean or disobeying any order designed to preserve the health of detained persons;(11)tampering in any way with books, lights or other fixtures or fittings in a place of detention;(12)stealing or without reasonable excuse interfering with the clothing or property of any other detained person;(13)spitting on or otherwise soiling any floor, door, wall or other part of the place of detention or any article therein;(14)wilfully or negligently damaging or destroying any article or thing whatsoever assigned for his use or entrusted to him by the authorities of the place of detention;(15)wilfully or negligently damaging or destroying any Government property to which he may have access;(16)malingering;(17)refusing to undergo medical treatment;(18)refusing or neglecting to comply with any reasonable order or direction brought to his notice in any manner;(19)making any false accusation against any officer or any person employed in or in connection with a place of detention; and

(20)

any other act, conduct, disorder or neglect which may reasonably be considered to be to the prejudice of good order or discipline though not specified in paragraphs (1) to (19).