Singapore legislation

Regulation 6

of Prisons (Police Lock-ups and Temporary Lock-ups) Regulations 2013

Regulation 6

Duties

Amended byS 314/2026 wef 01/06/2026S 314/2026 wef 01/06/2026S 314/2026 wef 01/06/2026S 314/2026 wef 01/06/2026S 314/2026 wef 01/06/2026S 314/2026 wef 01/06/2026

An authorised officer shall be detailed daily by the lock‑up officer appointed for a police lock-up or temporary lock-up —

(a)

to ensure that the police lock‑up or temporary lock-up is inspected;

(b)

to ensure that meals for lock‑up prisoners confined in the police lock‑up or temporary lock-up are served regularly;

(c)

to ensure that no lock‑up prisoner of the police lock‑up or temporary lock-up is in possession of any unauthorised or dangerous article;

(d)

to ensure that, where bail is granted to a lock‑up prisoner of the police lock‑up or temporary lock-up, release of the lock‑up prisoner is not unduly delayed; and

(e)

to assist the lock‑up officer in the daily operations of the police lock‑up or temporary lock-up.