Recovery of expenses incurred in respect of prohibited immigrants
28.—(1)  A prohibited immigrant shall be liable to pay to the Government a sum sufficient to cover all expenses incurred by the Government in connection with the detention, maintenance, medical treatment and removal from Singapore of himself and his dependants.
(2)  If a Magistrate is satisfied that any expenses have been or are likely to be incurred by the Government in connection with the detention, maintenance, medical treatment or removal of any prohibited immigrant and his dependants, he may issue a warrant for the levy of an amount sufficient to cover such expenses by distress and sale of any movable property belonging to the prohibited immigrant.
(3)  Such a warrant may be executed in the same manner as a warrant for the levy of the amount of a fine under section 224(b)(iii) of the Criminal Procedure Code [Cap. 68].
(4)  Where any sum recovered under any warrant issued under paragraph (2) is in excess of the total amount of the expenses for which the prohibited immigrant is liable under paragraph (1), the balance shall be returned.
(5)  The partial recovery of expenses under this regulation shall not prejudice the liability of any surety or of any other person for the balance, nor shall the issue or execution of a warrant under this regulation be a condition precedent to the liability of a surety or such other person.