Singapore legislation
Regulation 62
Regulation 62
Withholding of information (P. 3, r. 62)
Subregulation 1
The Youth Court may order that any information obtained by it under section 54(13), 56(9), 57(2) (read with section 56(9)) or 59(2), (7), (13) or (14) must not be disclosed to any person specified in the order, if it is satisfied that the disclosure would be or would be likely to be detrimental to the physical or mental health or emotional wellbeing of any child, young person or other person to whom the information relates.
Subregulation 2
The Youth Court may make an order mentioned in paragraph (1) either on its own motion or on a party’s application.
Subregulation 3
Despite this Rule, where an appeal is brought to the General Division of the High Court against an order of a Court made under section 54, 55, 56, 57 (read with section 56), 58, 59 or 60, a copy of the information and a copy of the part of the information which has been redacted (if any) under paragraph (1) must be forwarded to the General Division of the High Court as part of the record of the proceedings to be sent to the General Division of the High Court for the appeal.