Singapore legislation
Regulation 22
Regulation 22
Remission
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph (3), a person serving detention shall be entitled to have part of his sentence remitted in accordance with the following provisions:
if his sentence does not exceed 30 days — nil;
if the person’s sentence exceeds 30 days but does not exceed 40 days — a period equal to the number of days by which the sentence exceeds 30 days;
if the person’s sentence exceeds 40 days — subject to paragraph (1A), a period equal to one‑third of the period of the person’s sentence.
Subregulation 1A
If, after deducting the period referred to in paragraph (1)(c) from the period of the person’s sentence of detention, the total period of detention is less than 30 days, the period of remission is equal to the number of days by which the person’s sentence of detention exceeds 30 days.
Subregulation 1B
Any remission of sentence must be awarded upon the sentencing of the person serving detention.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of calculating the remission, a portion of a day shall be ignored.
Subregulation 3
If a person serving detention misbehaves, the Director Manpower may, on the recommendation of the commandant of the detention barrack, and by an order for withdrawal of remission in Form 4B set out in the Schedule, withdraw the whole or any part of the remission awarded to the person.