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Singapore legislation

Regulation 26

of Singapore Armed Forces (Detention and Imprisonment) Regulations

Regulation 26

Letters

Subregulation 1

Every detainee and military prisoner shall be allowed to write one letter per week.

Subregulation 2

Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Commandant may permit a detainee or military prisoner to write additional letters.

Subregulation 3

Subject to paragraph (4), there shall be no limit to the number of letters a detainee or military prisoner may receive.

Subregulation 4

The Commandant or a person acting under his authority shall read every letter written by or addressed to a detainee or military prisoner, and shall withhold any letter or any part thereof from the detainee or military prisoner if he is of the opinion that the content of that letter has infringed security or is undesirable in any way.