Singapore legislation
Regulation 30
Regulation 30
Body searches
Subregulation 1
The licensee and person‑in‑charge of a licensable SRH must establish and implement policies and processes to ensure that —
a resident is not searched by any approved individual, except for the following purposes:
to detect whether the resident possesses any item prohibited by the licensee;
to detect whether the resident has sustained an injury, if an approved individual reasonably suspects that the resident has sustained an injury;
a search of a resident that requires the resident to remove any article of clothing is conducted —
only with the person‑in‑charge’s prior approval; and
without any direct physical contact with the resident’s body; and
a search of a resident must be made by an approved individual of the same sex as the resident.
Subregulation 2
Every approved personnel for the licensable SRH must comply with the processes mentioned in paragraph (1).
Subregulation 3
The licensee of a licensable SRH must —
ensure that before an approved individual searches a resident, the approved individual explains the reason for the search to the resident; and
keep records of the details of the search, including the date, time, reason for the search, names of every approved individual who conducted the search or witnessed the search, and results of the search.