Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Protection Against Family Violence
64D. Power to examine witnesses
Last amended by an amending law of 2023.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
An enforcement officer may require a person whom the officer reasonably believes to be acquainted with any of the facts or circumstances of an offence under this Part, to answer any question to the best of the person’s knowledge, information and belief, immediately or at a time and place specified in writing.
place
“place” means any building, house, office, flat, room or cubicle or any part thereof, and any open or enclosed space and includes a ship, boat or any vessel, whether afloat or not, and any vehicle;
The person must state truly what the person knows of those facts and circumstances, except that the person need not say anything that might expose the person to a criminal charge, penalty or forfeiture.
The statement of the person must be —
reduced to writing;
read over to the person;
if the person does not understand English, interpreted in a language that the person understands; and
signed by the person after any necessary correction.
Terms defined in this Act
place
Defined · s 2“place” means any building, house, office, flat, room or cubicle or any part thereof, and any open or enclosed space and includes a ship, boat or any vessel, whether afloat or not, and any vehicle;
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