Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Requests to Singapore
27. Custody of persons in transit
Feedback & supportA person who is in custody in a foreign country and has consented to give evidence or assistance in relation to a criminal matter in another foreign country may be transported through Singapore, in the custody of another person, to that other foreign country, if the firstmentioned foreign country gives prior notice of this to the Attorney‑General.
foreign country
“foreign country” means any country, or territory, other than Singapore;
Where one of the foreign countries is a prescribed foreign country, the person being transported through Singapore in custody may, if an aircraft, vessel or train by which the person is being transported lands or calls in Singapore, be kept in such custody in Singapore with such authorised officer as the Attorney‑General directs in writing until the person’s transportation is continued.
prescribed foreign country
“prescribed foreign country” means a foreign country declared by the Minister, by an order made under section 17(1), as a prescribed foreign country;
Where —
a person is being held in custody pursuant to a direction under subsection (2); and
the person’s transportation is not, in the opinion of the Attorney‑General, continued within a reasonable time,the Attorney‑General may direct that the person be transported in custody to the foreign country from which the person was first transported, and such direction is sufficient authority for that person’s removal from Singapore by any means that the Attorney‑General directs.