Police Force Act 2004 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Service Outside Singapore
59. Offences and misconduct during overseas service
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If any police officer or special police officer to whom this section applies does, or omits to do, any act outside Singapore (whether or not the act or omission concerned constitutes an offence under the laws in force in the territory where it took place) that if done or omitted within Singapore would constitute an offence, that act or omission is deemed to have taken place within Singapore unless —
police officer
“police officer” means any member of the Police Force and includes a temporary constable;
the person is subject to the criminal jurisdiction of the territory in which the act or omission took place; and
the authorities in that territory —
are not subject to any obligation to cede jurisdiction to the Singapore authorities in respect of that act or omission; and
bring criminal proceedings against the police officer or special police officer (as the case may be) in that territory.
No proceedings are to be instituted in any court against a person for any offence if the person is one over whom jurisdiction is claimed by virtue of subsection (1) unless the Public Prosecutor consents.
If any police officer or special police officer is alleged to have committed an offence in respect of which the laying of information requires the consent of the Public Prosecutor under subsection (2), the police officer or special police officer concerned may be arrested and detained in custody or remanded in custody or on bail, even though the consent of the Public Prosecutor has not been obtained to the making of such complaint in respect of that offence, but no further proceedings are to be taken until that consent is obtained.
special police officer
“special police officer” means a member of the Special Constabulary constituted under Part 8;
If any police officer or special police officer to whom this section applies does, or omits to do, any act outside Singapore, and that act or omission would, if it occurred in Singapore, be a disciplinary offence for the purposes of this Act —
disciplinary offence
“disciplinary offence” means a service offence specified in the Schedule;
the person may be investigated and, if appropriate, proceeded against under this Act by way of disciplinary proceedings under Part 3 or 8, whichever is applicable, and punished, in the same manner as if the act or omission had occurred in Singapore; and
for that purpose, this Act and either the Police Regulations or the Special Constabulary Regulations (as the case may be) apply to him or her with any necessary modifications.