Singapore legislation

Regulation 14

of Civil Defence (Detention) Regulations

Regulation 14

Letters

Amended byS 136/2016 wef 01/04/2016

Subregulation 1

An arrested person or a person serving detention in a guardroom or detention barrack is allowed to write letters which must be sent through the commandant of the guardroom or detention barrack, as the case may be.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 136/2016 wef 01/04/2016

The commandant of a guardroom or detention barrack, or a person authorised by the commandant —

(a)

must read every letter written by or addressed to an arrested person or a person serving detention in the guardroom or detention barrack; and

(b)

must withhold any letter from the arrested person or person serving detention if the commandant or authorised person is of the opinion that the content of that letter may affect security or is undesirable in any way.