Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Requests to Singapore
29. Requests for enforcement of foreign confiscation order
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The appropriate authority of a prescribed foreign country may request the Attorney‑General to assist in —
the enforcement and satisfaction of a foreign confiscation order, made in any judicial proceedings or proceedings before a competent authority instituted in that country, against property that is reasonably believed to be located in Singapore; or
where a foreign confiscation order may be made in judicial proceedings or proceedings before a competent authority which have been or are to be instituted in that country, the restraining of dealing in any property that is reasonably believed to be located in Singapore and against which the order may be enforced or which may be available to satisfy the order.
A request mentioned in subsection (1)(a) may specify that the property must not be realised in Singapore for the enforcement and satisfaction of the foreign confiscation order.
On receipt of a request under subsection (1), the Attorney‑General may —
in the case of subsection (1)(a) — act or authorise the taking of action under section 30 and the provisions of the Third Schedule; or
in the case of subsection (1)(b) — act or authorise the taking of action under the provisions of the Third Schedule,and in that event the provisions of the Third Schedule apply accordingly.
For the purposes of this section and the provisions of the Third Schedule, judicial proceedings that are criminal proceedings are instituted in a prescribed foreign country when a person is produced and charged in court with a foreign offence.
criminal proceedings
“criminal proceedings” means a trial of a person for a Singapore offence or foreign offence (as the case may be) and includes any proceeding to determine whether a particular person should be tried for the offence;