Singapore legislation
Regulation 8
Regulation 8
Admission to detention barracks
Subregulation 1
Before a person liable to serve detention under these Regulations is delivered to a detention barrack, the person must be examined by a medical officer.
Subregulation 2
The medical officer must certify in Form 1 set out in the Schedule whether the person is fit to undergo detention in a detention barrack.
Subregulation 3
On admission of an arrested person or a person liable to serve detention to a guardroom or detention barrack, the following procedures apply:
the commandant of the guardroom or detention barrack, or a person acting on behalf of the commandant, must examine whether there is lawful authority for keeping the person in custody;
the person must, with due regard to decency, be searched, and any article or document found on the person must, if the person is not allowed to keep it, be taken from the person and kept in safe custody;
the commandant of the guardroom or detention barrack must keep a list of the articles or documents taken from the person, and the list must be signed by the guard who took those articles or documents, and countersigned by the person;
a copy of the list must be given to the person.
Subregulation 4
A person serving detention must be issued with clothing which serves as the person’s attire during the person’s detention.
Subregulation 5
A committal order of a person serving detention must be in Form 2 set out in the Schedule.