Singapore legislation
Regulation 12
of Prisons (Lock-ups in Specified Court Houses) Regulations 2011
Regulation 12
Visitors may be searched
Subregulation 1
Every visitor to a court house lock-up shall —
furnish the officer-in-charge, or a prison officer, with the visitor’s name and address; and
permit the officer-in-charge, or a prison officer, to search the visitor’s person and personal property.
Subregulation 2
A search conducted under paragraph (1)(b) —
shall not take place in the presence of any lock-up prisoner or of another visitor;
shall be conducted with due regard to decency; and
if to be conducted on a female, shall only be conducted by a prison officer who is female.
Subregulation 3
A prison officer may deny a visitor admission to a court house lock-up if —
the visitor refuses to be searched; or
the prison officer is of the opinion that the visitor’s admission would be prejudicial to the security or good order of the court house lock-up.
Subregulation 4
Where a prison officer denies any visitor admission to a court house lock-up under paragraph (3), the prison officer must record the grounds of the prison officer’s refusal in a report to the officer-in-charge.