- (b) a unit of the Police Force shall be deemed to form part of a United Nations force from the time the unit leaves Singapore to undertake duties with the United Nations force until the time the unit returns to Singapore; and
- (c) a person is deemed to be a member of any overseas operation referred to in section 56(1)(c) from the time the person leaves Singapore to undertake duties with the overseas operation until the time he returns to Singapore.
Offences and misconduct during overseas service
59.—(1) If any police officer or special police officer to whom this section applies does, or omits to do, any act outside Singapore (whether or not the act or omission concerned constitutes an offence under the laws in force in the territory where it took place) that if done or omitted within Singapore would constitute an offence, that act or omission is deemed to have taken place within Singapore unless—
- (a) the person is subject to the criminal jurisdiction of the territory in which the act or omission took place; and
- (b) the authorities in that territory—
- (i) are not subject to any obligation to cede jurisdiction to the Singapore authorities in respect of that act or omission; and
- (ii) bring criminal proceedings against the police officer or special police officer, as the case may be, in that territory.
(2) No information shall be laid against any police officer or special police officer over whom jurisdiction is claimed by virtue of subsection (1) without the consent of the Attorney-General.
(3) If any police officer or special police officer is alleged to have committed an offence in respect of which the laying of information requires the consent of the Attorney-General under subsection (2), the police officer or special police officer concerned may be arrested and detained in custody or remanded in custody or on bail, even though the consent of the Attorney-General has not been obtained to the making of such complaint in respect of that offence, but no further proceedings shall be taken until that consent is obtained.
