Singapore legislation
Regulation 26
Regulation 26
Discovery and inspection of documents
Subregulation 1
Subject to the provisions of this rule, Order 11 of the Rules of Court 2021 apply to any application —
under section 15(1), 21(1), 28(1) to (4), 32(1), 33(1) or 73(1); or
in relation to any proceedings under Part 9 of the Act.
Subregulation 2
Subject to the provisions of this rule, in any application mentioned in paragraph (1), the Public Prosecutor or a law enforcement officer (as defined in section 2(1)) may be required by the Court to give discovery of documents or produce documents for inspection.
Subregulation 3
An order of the Court under Order 11 of the Rules of Court 2021 is to be construed as not requiring the disclosure of any document the withholding of which is authorised or required under any written law or rule of law on the ground that its disclosure would be injurious to the public interest.
Subregulation 4
Where an order of the Court made under Order 11 of the Rules of Court 2021 directs that a list of documents made in answer to an order for discovery against the Public Prosecutor or a law enforcement officer be verified by affidavit, the affidavit must be made by such person as the Public Prosecutor may authorise.
Subregulation 5
The Public Prosecutor or a law enforcement officer may be ordered to give discovery of or produce for inspection under Order 11 of the Rules of Court 2021 documents —
which are in the Public Prosecutor’s or law enforcement officer’s possession or custody as a result of the performance or exercise by the Public Prosecutor or law enforcement officer of the duties or powers of the Public Prosecutor or law enforcement officer, as the case may be; and
which the Public Prosecutor or law enforcement officer intends to rely on in the application.
Subregulation 6
In this rule, “document” means a document in any medium and includes a document containing information in digital or electronic form.