Singapore legislation
Regulation 14
of Singapore Armed Forces (Disciplinary Barracks) Regulations
Regulation 14
Letters
Subregulation 1
A person sentenced to special detention in a disciplinary barrack shall be allowed to write one letter during his detention therein; and thereafter he shall not write any other letter.
Subregulation 2
There shall be no restriction on the length of the letter a person referred to in paragraph (1) may write.
Subregulation 3
A letter written under this regulation by a person serving detention shall be forwarded through the commandant of the disciplinary barrack in which such person is serving detention.
Subregulation 4
The commandant of a disciplinary barrack may scrutinize any letter written under this regulation by a person serving detention in the disciplinary barrack or any letter addressed to such person.
Subregulation 5
The commandant of a disciplinary barrack may withhold a letter, or any part thereof, written by a person serving detention in the disciplinary barrack or addressed to such person.
Subregulation 6
Where the commandant of a disciplinary barrack withholds a letter, or any part thereof, written by a person serving detention in the disciplinary barrack or addressed to such person, under paragraph (5), the commandant shall as soon as possible notify such person that the letter or part thereof has been withheld.