Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
of Misuse of Drugs (Community Rehabilitation Centres) Regulations 2014
Regulation 5
Personal effects of inmate
Subregulation 1
Upon admission of an inmate to a centre, the Manager of the centre must cause all personal effects found on the inmate at the time he is admitted to the centre to be —
stored in the centre in a place easily accessed by the inmate;
stored in the centre in a place that is under the Manager’s control, to be returned to the inmate at such time as the Manager may specify or to be handed over as soon as possible —
to the parent or guardian of the inmate, if the inmate is below 21 years of age; or
to the nominee of the inmate, if the inmate is 21 years of age or older; or
handed over to the parent, guardian or nominee of the inmate, as the case may be.
Subregulation 2
The Manager of a centre must keep, or cause to be kept, a record of all the personal effects stored in the centre under paragraph (1)(b).
Subregulation 3
Where any item prohibited by any code of conduct applicable to the inmates of a centre is found at any time among the personal effects of an inmate of that centre, the Manager of the centre must cause the item to be destroyed.
Subregulation 4
The Superintendent of a centre may issue directions regarding the storage of personal effects in the centre, and the Manager of the centre must give effect to those directions.