Singapore legislation
Regulation 18
of Singapore Armed Forces (Arrests, Searches and Investigation of Offences) Regulations
Regulation 18
Disposal of things seized
Subregulation 1
A person seizing any document or material under regulation 17 shall produce the same forthwith before the person who issued the search warrant.
Subregulation 2
Any document or material seized under paragraph (1) shall be disposed of in accordance with the order of the person who issued the search warrant.
Subregulation 3
A person making an arrest under a warrant of arrest shall forthwith produce anything seized before the person who issued the warrant of arrest.
Subregulation 4
Any document or material seized under paragraph (3) shall be disposed of in accordance with the order of the person who issued the warrant of arrest.
Subregulation 5
A person making an arrest without a warrant of arrest shall forthwith produce anything seized before a superior commander or a senior disciplinary officer.
Subregulation 6
A person authorised to search without a search warrant shall forthwith produce anything seized before a superior commander or a senior disciplinary officer.
Subregulation 7
Any document or material seized under paragraph (5) shall be disposed of in accordance with the order of the superior commander or a senior disciplinary officer to whom the document or material was delivered.
Subregulation 8
Any document or material seized under paragraph (6) shall be disposed of in accordance with the order of the superior commander or a senior disciplinary officer.
Subregulation 9
The power conferred under paragraphs (2), (4), (7) and (8) shall include the power to make the following orders:
the delivery of the document or material seized to the person entitled to possession thereof;
the forfeiture or confiscation of the document or material seized when the possession of such thing is unlawful or where it served as an instrument for the commission of an offence;
the destruction of the document or material seized; and
the sale of the document or material seized and the disposal of the proceeds of the sale in any manner provided for above.