Discharge of fugitive who is not conveyed out of Singapore within 2 months
28.  Where a person who, under this Part, has been committed to prison, or otherwise ordered to be held in custody, is in custody in Singapore at the expiration of 2 months after —
(a)the date of the committal or order; or
(b)if an application for an Order for Review of Detention has been made by the person — the date of the decision of the court to which the application was made or, where an appeal has been brought from that decision to another court, the date of the decision of the other court,
whichever is the later, the General Division of the High Court, upon application made to it by the person and upon proof that reasonable notice of the intention to make the application has been given to the Minister, shall, unless reasonable cause is shown for the delay, order that the person be released.
[42/2005; 40/2019]