Prisons Act - Singapore Statutes Online

Prisons Act

(CHAPTER 247)

(Original Enactment: Ordinance 17 of 1933)

REVISED EDITION 2000

(30th December 2000)

An Act relating to prisons.

[18th August 1933]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Prisons Act.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“basic condition”, in relation to a remission order, means the basic condition specified in section 50S;

[Act 1 of 2014 wef 01/07/2014]

“Cluster Commander” means a Cluster Commander of Prisons appointed under section 20;

[Act 1 of 2014 wef 01/07/2014]

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Prisons appointed under section 20;

[Act 1 of 2014 wef 01/07/2014]

“Corporation” means the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises established under the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises Act (Cap. 298);

[Deleted by Act 1 of 2014 wef 01/07/2014]

“default sentence” means a sentence of a term of imprisonment imposed on a person in default of the person paying a fine ordered to be paid by a court;

[Act 1 of 2014 wef 01/07/2014]

“Deputy Commissioner” means the Deputy Commissioner of Prisons appointed under section 20;

[Act 1 of 2014 wef 01/07/2014]

“Divisional Director” means a Divisional Director of Prisons appointed under section 20;

[Act 1 of 2014 wef 01/07/2014]

“external placement order” means an order made under section 59B in respect of a prisoner authorising the serving by the prisoner of his sentence in such place or places, outside the limits of any prison, as may be specified in the order;

[Act 1 of 2014 wef 01/07/2014]

“juvenile” means any person under the age of 16 years, whether convicted or not, under detention in any prison;

“lock-up prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, who is confined in a lock-up, or who is transported to, or from, a lock-up;

[15/2010 wef 02/01/2011]

“medical officer” means a medical officer appointed under section 25;

[33/2004 wef 04/10/2004]

“prison” means any house, building, enclosure or place, or any part thereof, declared to be a prison or reformative training centre under section 3, and includes the grounds and buildings within the prison enclosure and also the airing grounds or other grounds or buildings belonging or attached thereto and used by prisoners;

“prison officer” means any prison officer appointed under section 20 and includes the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and any Superintendent;

[33/2004 wef 04/10/2004]

[Act 1 of 2014 wef 01/07/2014]

“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under detention in any prison or reformative training centre or subject to an external placement order or a home detention order, but does not include a person released and at large under a remission order;

[Act 1 of 2014 wef 01/07/2014]

“registered medical practitioner” means a person registered under the Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174);

[33/2004 wef 04/10/2004]

“remission order” means a remission order made under any provision in Part VB;

[Act 1 of 2014 wef 01/07/2014]

“Superintendent” means a Superintendent of Prisons appointed under section 20;

“unlawfully at large”, in relation to a person released under a remission order, means a person who fails to submit himself to custody or detention after being required to do so under any written law, or who escapes from such custody or detention;

[Act 1 of 2014 wef 01/07/2014]

“Visiting Justice” means a member of the Board of Visiting Justices appointed under section 79.

[8/2000]

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