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Formal Consolidation |  2001 RevEd
Application of this Part
16.  Unless otherwise stated in this Part, assistance under this Part may be provided to any foreign country.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 23 of 2014
Application of this Part
16.—(1)  Subject to the provisions of this Part —
(a)assistance under sections 21 and 27(1) and Divisions 7 and 8 may be provided to any foreign country; and
(b)assistance under section 27(2) and Divisions 2 (other than section 21), 3, 5 and 6 may only be provided to any prescribed foreign country.
(2)  Notwithstanding subsection (1)(b) but subject to the provisions of this Part, any assistance referred to in that provision may be provided to a foreign country that is not a prescribed foreign country if the appropriate authority of that country has given an undertaking to the Attorney-General that that country will comply with a future request by Singapore to that country for similar assistance in a criminal matter involving an offence that corresponds to the foreign offence for which assistance is sought.
(3)  The foreign country referred to in subsection (2) shall be deemed a prescribed foreign country for the purposes of the relevant provisions of this Part and (if applicable) the Third Schedule.
[8/2006 wef 01/04/2006]
[Act 23 of 2014 wef 01/09/2014]