Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
of Extradition (United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime) Notification 2022
Regulation 2
Definitions
In this Notification, unless the context otherwise requires —“Convention country” means a country that is a Party to the UNTOC and includes a state or territory (as the case may be) to which the UNTOC applies or is extended;“country” includes a state or territory;“foreign Convention offence”, in relation to a Convention country, means an offence against the law of that Convention country, where the act or omission constituting the offence or the equivalent act or omission would, if it took place in Singapore —
constitute a Singapore Convention offence; or
be a Singapore Convention offence if the description of the offence contained a reference to any intent or state of mind on the part of the person committing the offence, or to any circumstance of aggravation, necessary to constitute the offence;“notification” means a notification made under section 4 of the Act;“Order in Council” means an Order in Council mentioned in section 3 of the Act;“serious crime”, “organised criminal group” and “transnational” have the meanings given to them in UNTOC;“Singapore Convention offence” means any of the following offences:
abetment of a serious crime, where the serious crime is transnational in nature and involves an organised criminal group;
criminal conspiracy to commit a serious crime, where the serious crime is transnational in nature and involves an organised criminal group;“UNTOC” means the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, done at New York on 15 November 2000.
Definition
“Convention country” means a country that is a Party to the UNTOC and includes a state or territory (as the case may be) to which the UNTOC applies or is extended;
Definition
“country” includes a state or territory;
Definition
“foreign Convention offence”, in relation to a Convention country, means an offence against the law of that Convention country, where the act or omission constituting the offence or the equivalent act or omission would, if it took place in Singapore —
constitute a Singapore Convention offence; or
be a Singapore Convention offence if the description of the offence contained a reference to any intent or state of mind on the part of the person committing the offence, or to any circumstance of aggravation, necessary to constitute the offence;
Definition
“notification” means a notification made under section 4 of the Act;
Definition
“Order in Council” means an Order in Council mentioned in section 3 of the Act;
Definition
“serious crime”, “organised criminal group” and “transnational” have the meanings given to them in UNTOC;
Definition
“Singapore Convention offence” means any of the following offences:
abetment of a serious crime, where the serious crime is transnational in nature and involves an organised criminal group;
criminal conspiracy to commit a serious crime, where the serious crime is transnational in nature and involves an organised criminal group;
Definition
“UNTOC” means the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, done at New York on 15 November 2000.