Disqualification from being released for home detention under section 52
1. A prisoner is disqualified from being released for home detention if the prisoner —
(1)
has, in respect of the same sentence of imprisonment, previously been released for home detention under section 52 and the order for his release under that section has expired or has been revoked;
(2)
is serving a sentence of imprisonment for life;
(3)
has been convicted of a capital offence and whose death penalty has been commuted to a sentence of imprisonment for life;
(4)
is being detained under the President’s pleasure under section 213 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68);
(5)
is liable to be removed from Singapore on completion of his sentence of imprisonment;
(6)
is convicted of an offence under section 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 185);
(7)
is convicted of an offence punishable under any of the following provisions of the Penal Code (Cap. 224):
(a)
section 147 (Rioting);
(b)
section 148 (Rioting, armed with a deadly weapon);
(c)
section 304 (Culpable homicide not amounting to murder);
(d)
section 307 (Attempt to murder);
(e)
section 325 (Voluntarily causing grievous hurt);
(f)
section 326 (Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means);
(g)
section 354 (Outraging modesty);
(h)
section 354A (Outraging modesty in certain circumstances);
(i)
section 363 (Kidnapping);
(j)
section 364 (Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder);
(k)
section 376 (Rape);
(l)
section 376B (Incest committed by men);
(m)
section 376C (Incest committed by women);
(n)
section 377 (Unnatural offences);
(o)
section 395 (Gang-robbery);
(p)
section 400 (Belonging to gang-robbers); or
(8)
is convicted of an offence under section 224 of the Penal Code (Cap. 224) for escaping or attempting to escape from any custody in which he is lawfully detained for an offence of which he has been charged or convicted.