...When search warrant may be issued A court may issue a search warrant if — the court has reason to believe that a person who has been or may be issued an order under section 20(1), (1A), (3) or (3A), or a summons under section 235(1), would not produce any document or other thing (including data), or a copy of the document or thing, as required by the order or summons; it is not known who possesses that document or thing; or the court considers that a general or specific search or inspection will serve the purposes of justice or of any investigation, inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code. 19/2018 Nothing in this section authorises any court other than the General Division of the High Court to grant a warrant to search for any document or other thing (including data), or any copy of the document or thing, in the custody of the Postal Authority, a public postal licensee or the public parcel locker network operator. 19/2018; 40/2019; 10/2021 ...
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...Search without warrant for stolen property If information is given to any police officer of or above the rank of sergeant that there is reasonable cause for suspecting that any stolen property is concealed or lodged in any place and the police officer has good grounds for believing that by reason of the delay in obtaining a search warrant such property is likely to be removed, he or she may search for the property alleged to have been stolen in the place specified without a search warrant. A list of all the articles found upon a search conducted under subsection (1) and alleged to have been stolen or missing must be delivered or taken down in writing with a declaration stating that an offence of theft, extortion, robbery, criminal misappropriation, criminal breach of trust or cheating has been committed and that the informant has good grounds for believing that the property is deposited in that place. The person who lost the property or the person's representative must accompany the officer in the search for that property under subsection (1) unless that person or that person's representative cannot be found without unreasonable delay. ...
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...Court martial Every application for a prisoner detained in custody to be brought before a court martial for trial must be in the form of a letter addressed by either the registrar of the military courts or the president of that court martial, stating the purpose for which the court martial has been assembled and also stating where the prisoner is detained in custody and when, where and for what purpose the prisoner is required to be produced. The Registrar of the Supreme Court must submit the letter as soon as possible after the receipt thereof to, and obtain the order thereon of, a Judge. 40/2019 If an order is made under this section, it must be drawn up with a direction that a warrant must be issued accordingly and the warrant must be prepared and signed by the Registrar of the Supreme Court and countersigned by the Judge who made the order and sealed with the seal of the Supreme Court. 40/2019 The warrant when issued must be forwarded by the Registrar of the Supreme Court to the officer in charge of the prison in which the prisoner is confined. ...
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...Provisions as to execution of sentences of death The following provisions apply to death sentences: after sentence has been pronounced, a warrant under the seal of the court must be made out for the person sentenced to be committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Prisons in accordance with such prescribed form; the warrant is full authority to the Commissioner of Prisons, or any officer appointed by the Commissioner of Prisons for that purpose, for receiving into his or her custody and detaining the person sentenced until he or she receives the court's further warrant or order; the trial Judge who tried the accused must, within a reasonable time after sentence has been pronounced, prepare a copy of the notes of evidence taken at the trial and a report in writing signed by the trial Judge stating whether, in his or her opinion, there is any reason (and, if so, particulars of the reason) why the death sentence should not be carried out; the trial Judge must forward to the Court of Appeal the notes of evidence and report mentioned in paragraph ( c ), within a reasonable time after being notified by the Registrar of the Supreme Court that a notice of appeal has been...
... pardoned or the sentence is commuted to another punishment, state this in the order; on receiving the copy of the President's order the Court of Appeal must, if the sentence is to be carried out, cause a warrant to be issued under the seal of the Supreme Court and signed by the Chief Justice or other presiding Judge, or in the absence thereof any other Supreme Court Judge, setting out the time and place of execution as prescribed in the order of the President; the President may, at any time before the warrant is carried out, order a respite of the execution of the warrant and afterwards appoint some other time or other place for its execution; the warrant must be directed to the Commissioner of Prisons who must carry out the sentence in accordance with law; the warrant may be carried out unless — the Court of Appeal has granted a stay of execution; there is an application for permission to... ... respite of the execution of the warrant pursuant to paragraph ( h ); Act 41 of 2022 wef 28/06/2024 there must be present at the execution of the sentence the superintendent of the prison, a medical officer of the prison, and any other prison officers that the Commissioner of Prisons requires; there may... ... carried out at such other time after the person's recapture that the General Division of the High Court then orders; no omission or error as to time and place and no defect in form in any order or warrant given under this section, and no omission to comply with paragraphs ( j ) to ( n ) may be held to make illegal any execution carried out or intended to have been carried out under the order or warrant or make illegal any execution that would otherwise have been legal. Act 41 of 2022 wef 28/06/2024 Despite subsection (1)( ia )(ii), the warrant may be carried out if — the application mentioned... |
...Power to require attendance of witnesses In conducting an investigation under this Part, a police officer may issue a written order requiring anyone within the limits of Singapore, who appears to be acquainted with any of the facts and circumstances of the case, to attend before the police officer, and that person must attend as required. If that person fails to attend as required, the police officer may report the matter to a Magistrate who may then issue a warrant ordering the person to attend. ...
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...Application for bail or release on personal bond in General Division of High Court An application to the General Division of the High Court for bail or release on personal bond must, unless otherwise ordered, be supported by an affidavit stating sufficient facts to enable the court to determine whether or not such bail or release should be granted. 40/2019 If the court orders that the accused or prisoner be granted bail or released on personal bond, the order must be drawn up with a direction that a warrant be issued to bring the accused or the prisoner before the court for the purpose of being bailed or released. ...
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...When irregularities do not make proceedings invalid Subject to this Code, any judgment, sentence or order passed or made by a court of competent jurisdiction may not be reversed or altered on account of — an error, omission or irregularity in the complaint, summons, warrant, charge, judgment or other proceedings before or during trial or in an inquiry or other proceeding under this Code; the lack of any consent by the Public Prosecutor as required by law; or the improper admission or rejection of any evidence, unless the error, omission, improper admission or rejection of evidence, irregularity or lack of consent has caused a failure of justice. ...
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...Criminal jurisdiction of Magistrates' Courts Subject to this Code, Magistrates' Courts have jurisdiction and power to — try any offence for which the maximum term of imprisonment provided by law does not exceed 5 years or which is a fine-only offence; Deleted by Act 19 of 2018 inquire into a complaint of any offence and summon and examine any witness who may give evidence relating to such offence; summon, apprehend and issue warrants for the apprehension of criminals and offenders, and deal with them according to law; issue a warrant to search or cause to be searched any place wherein any stolen goods or any goods, article or thing with which or in respect of which any offence has been committed is alleged to be kept or concealed; require any person to furnish security for keeping the peace or for the person's good behaviour according to law; and do any other thing that Magistrates' Courts are empowered to do under this Code or any other written law. 19/2018 The jurisdiction and powers conferred on Magistrates' Courts under subsection (1)( a ) must be exercised by a Magistrate sitting in a court house of the Magistrate's Court or at such other place as may be prescribed. 19/2018 The jurisdiction and powers conferred on Magistrates' Courts under subsection (1)( c ) to ( g ) may be exercised by a Magistrate at any place in Singapore. ...
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...Proclamation for person absconding If a court has reason to believe, whether after taking evidence or not, that a person against whom a warrant of arrest has been issued has absconded or is hiding so that the warrant cannot be executed, the court may publish a written proclamation requiring the person to appear at a specified place and at a specified time not less than 30 days after the date of publication. The proclamation must be published — in a daily newspaper; by leaving a copy of it at the person's last known address; by affixing a copy of it to any bulletin board in the court house; by affixing a copy of it to the bulletin board in the office of the Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act 1988 that is nearest to the person's last known address; or by affixing a copy of it to a bulletin board of any community centre or clubhouse established under the People's Association Act 1960 that is nearest to the person's last known address. A statement by the court issuing the proclamation stating that the proclamation was published on a specified day in a specified manner, or on a specified day at a specified place, is conclusive of that fact. ...
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...Exceptions to bail or release on personal bond An accused must not be released on bail or on personal bond if — the accused is charged for an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life; the accused is accused of any non-bailable offence, and the court believes, on any ground prescribed in the Criminal Procedure Rules, that the accused, if released, will not surrender to custody, be available for investigations or attend court; or the accused has been arrested or taken into custody under a warrant issued under section 12 or 34 of the Extradition Act 1968 or endorsed under section 33 of that Act. 19/2018 Despite subsection (1), the court may — direct that any juvenile or any sick or infirm person accused of such an offence be released on bail; release on bail an accused charged with an offence mentioned in subsection (1)( a ), if — the offence is also punishable with an alternative punishment other than death or life imprisonment; and the offence is to be tried before a District Court or a Magistrate's Court; or release on bail an accused who has been arrested or taken into custody under a warrant mentioned in subsection (1)( c ), if the conditions prescribed in the Criminal Procedure Rules for such release are satisfied. 19/2018 In this section, accused includes a fugitive as defined in the Extradition Act 1968. ...
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