UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL
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(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)—
- (a) a relevant offence shall be deemed to be a foreign serious offence for the purposes of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act (Cap. 190A);
- (b) that offence shall be deemed not to be an offence of a political character for the purposes of that Act;
- (c) section 20(1)(f) of that Act is inapplicable to any request for assistance referred to in subsection (1); and
- (d) the reference to the appointed date in the definition of "foreign confiscation order" in section 2(1) of that Act shall be read as the date of commencement of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Amendment) Act 2006 (Act 8 of 2006).
(3) The following offences shall be deemed to be Singapore offences for the purposes of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act:
- (a) an offence specified in the First Schedule committed to or in relation to a UN worker;
- (b) an offence specified in the Second Schedule committed to or in relation to relevant premises or a vehicle used by a UN worker;
- (c) an abetment of or a conspiracy or attempt to commit an offence under paragraph (a) or (b); and
- (d) an offence against a UN worker.
(4) In this section, "relevant offence", in relation to a Convention country, means an offence against the law of that country where the act or omission constituting the offence or the equivalent act or omission—
- (a) would constitute an offence against a UN worker; or
- (b) would be such an offence if the description concerned contained a reference to any intent or state of mind on the part of the person committing the offence, or to any circumstance of aggravation, necessary to constitute the offence.
Extradition to and from Convention countries
11.—(1) Offences against a UN worker shall be deemed to be extraditable crimes for the purposes of Parts III and IV of the Extradition Act (Cap. 103).
