Minister may send police officer outside Singapore
56.—(1)  Subject to subsections (3) and (7), the Minister may —
(a)on a request in that behalf being made by, or with the consent of, a government of a territory outside Singapore;
(b)in connection with the deployment of a United Nations force in a territory outside Singapore; or
(c)in connection with any overseas operation in a territory outside Singapore under any arrangement with a government of a territory outside Singapore,
order such number of police officers or special police officers as to the Minister seems expedient to proceed outside Singapore to carry out police duties in such territory.
(2)  In making an order under subsection (1), the Minister must specify the purposes for which the police officers or special police officers are to carry out police duties outside Singapore or in any territory outside Singapore.
(3)  The Minister must not make an order under subsection (1) unless the Minister is satisfied that adequate provisions have been or will immediately be made in the territory outside Singapore for the proper carrying out of police duties by police officers and special police officers in that territory, which may include provisions —
(a)that all police officers and special police officers serving in that territory under the provisions of this Part remain under the orders of their own commanding officers; or
(b)that all police officers and special police officers serving in that territory under the provisions of this Part are conferred with the powers, duties and privileges of police officers in that territory.
(4)  The Commissioner may issue directions of a routine nature for the deployment, command, control and information of police officers and special police officers ordered under subsection (1) to proceed outside Singapore to carry out police duties outside Singapore.
(5)  A direction under subsection (4) must not be inconsistent with subsection (3).
(6)  All police officers and special police officers ordered under subsection (1) to proceed outside Singapore for service must comply with every direction issued under subsection (4).
(7)  No special police officer is liable to serve or proceed on duty outside Singapore unless he or she first consents to such service.
(8)  In this section, “overseas operation” includes any overseas operation involving peacekeeping, the maintenance or restoration of law and order or functioning of government institutions or similar activities (whether or not in conjunction with personnel from one or more other countries).