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In forceAmended2002 Revised Edition
Contents

Subsidiary Legislation

Prisons Regulations

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Part 1

Preliminary

Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged

reg 1Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Prisons Regulations.

reg 2Definitions

In these Regulations —“Institutional Discipline Advisory Committee”, in relation to a prison, means the Institutional Discipline Advisory Committee appointed for the prison under regulation 25;“legal adviser” means a regulated legal practitioner as defined in section 2(1) of the Legal Profession Act 1966;“Prison Standing Orders” means the Prison Standing Orders issued by the Commissioner under section 21 of the Act;“prohibited article” means any article that a prisoner is not authorised by the Prison Standing Orders or the Commissioner to have in his or her possession.

“Institutional Discipline Advisory Committee”, in relation to a prison, means the Institutional Discipline Advisory Committee appointed for the prison under regulation 25;

“legal adviser” means a regulated legal practitioner as defined in section 2(1) of the Legal Profession Act 1966;

“Prison Standing Orders” means the Prison Standing Orders issued by the Commissioner under section 21 of the Act;

“prohibited article” means any article that a prisoner is not authorised by the Prison Standing Orders or the Commissioner to have in his or her possession.

Part 2

Administration of Prison

Part 3

Custody of Prisoners

Part 4

Petition to President

Part 5

Remission of Sentences

Part 6

Home Detention Scheme

Part 7

External Placement Scheme

Part 8

Employment Preparation Scheme

Part 8A

Release of Prisoner Subject to Spp or Sepp

Part 9

Persons Detained for Safe Custody

Part 10

Treatment of Prisoners Awaiting Capital Punishment