Singapore legislation
Regulation 54
Regulation 54
Prohibited articles
Subregulation 1
A prisoner must not have a prohibited article in his or her possession.
Subregulation 2
Subject to paragraph (4), if a prison officer in a prison takes a prohibited article from a prisoner when the prisoner is being admitted into the prison, the prison officer must —
if the prohibited article is of a perishable or dangerous nature — destroy or otherwise dispose of the prohibited article; or
if sub-paragraph (a) does not apply —
take an inventory of the prohibited article; and
keep the prohibited article in storage or return the prohibited article to a family member of the prisoner.
Subregulation 3
Subject to paragraph (4), if a prison officer in a prison takes a prohibited article from a prisoner after the prisoner has been admitted to the prison, the prison officer must destroy or otherwise dispose of the prohibited article.
Subregulation 4
If a prohibited article taken by a prison officer from a prisoner under this regulation falls within a specified class of articles in the Prison Standing Orders, the prison officer must deal with the prohibited article in the manner specified in the Prison Standing Orders.