Singapore legislation
Regulation 6
Regulation 6
Application for OCPO
Subregulation 1
An application for an OCPO under section 15(1) must be filed with one or more supporting affidavits which, collectively, must contain all the following information:
the Part 2 offence or the serious offence associated with an organised criminal group, as the case may be, which the person against whom the application is made is allegedly involved in;
particulars on how the person is allegedly involved in such offence;
the risk that the person may be further involved in any such offence;
the reasons why the OCPO would protect the public by preventing, restricting or disrupting any involvement by the person in any such offence;
the prohibitions, restrictions or requirements sought to be included in the OCPO;
if electronic monitoring of the person is sought, the details of the electronic monitoring arrangements.
Subregulation 2
The application must be entitled in the matter of the person against whom the OCPO is sought, naming the person, and in the matter of the Act, and all subsequent documents in the matter must be so entitled.
Subregulation 3
The application and all supporting affidavits must be served, not less than 14 days before the date fixed for the hearing of the application, on the person against whom the OCPO is sought.
Subregulation 4
Where the person against whom the OCPO is sought intends to adduce evidence with reference to the application and supporting affidavits, the person must, not less than 7 days before the date fixed for the hearing of the application —
file one or more supporting affidavits; and
serve a copy of the affidavits on the applicant of the OCPO.
Subregulation 5
Unless the Court otherwise directs, a supporting affidavit may contain statements of information or belief with the sources of the information and grounds of the belief.
Subregulation 6
Before the hearing of the application, the applicant must cause a notice, specifying the day appointed for the hearing, to be published at such times and in such newspapers as the Court may direct.