(7) No special police officer shall be liable to serve or proceed on duty outside Singapore unless he 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).
Police officers serving outside Singapore to remain subject to this Act
57. Subject to section 59, a police officer or special police officer who is—
- (a) temporarily attached to the forces of another territory, or otherwise serving outside Singapore, pursuant to any order made under section 56;
- (b) a member of a United Nations force; or
- (c) a member of any overseas operation referred to in section 56(1)(c),
shall not cease to be subject to this Act by reason only of his being so temporarily attached, or being such a member or outside Singapore.
Jurisdiction during overseas service
58.—(1) Section 59 shall apply to any act done or omitted outside Singapore by any police officer or special police officer while—
- (a) he is serving outside Singapore pursuant to any order made under section 56;
- (b) he is a member of a unit of the Police Force forming part of a United Nations force serving outside Singapore; or
- (c) he is a member of any overseas operation referred to in section 56(1)(c) and is outside Singapore.
(2) For the purposes of this section—
- (a) a person shall be deemed to start serving outside Singapore pursuant to an order made under section 56 from the time he leaves Singapore to undertake those duties until the time he returns to Singapore;
