Singapore legislation

Regulation 82

Prisoner to bear costs of prescribed expenses incurred when released on home detention order

Amended byS 369/2026 wef 08/06/2026

A prisoner released on a home detention order for home detention must bear the costs of the following expenses incurred by the prisoner when released on that order:

(a)

the costs of the prisoner’s meals incurred outside the limits of any prison for the duration of the home detention order;

(b)

the costs of the prisoner’s medical expenses incurred outside the limits of any prison for the duration of the home detention order;

(c)

the costs of any educational or occupational training programme, or any other activity for the purpose of facilitating the prisoner’s rehabilitation and reintegration into society (each called in this regulation the specified activity) that the prisoner is required to attend as specified in the home detention order;

(d)

the costs of the prisoner’s transport between any of the following places:

(i)

the prison from which the prisoner is released for home detention;

(ii)

the place (as specified in the home detention order) where the prisoner is required to attend the specified activity;

(iii)

the prisoner’s place of residence;

(iv)

any other place specified in the home detention order;

(e)

any other costs of the prisoner’s daily living expenses incurred outside the limits of any prison for the duration of the home detention order.

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