MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS
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- (b) in purported compliance with such an order, produces or makes available to an authorised officer any material known to the person to be false or misleading in a material particular without—
- (i) indicating to the authorised officer that the material is false or misleading and the part that is false or misleading; or
- (ii) providing correct information to the authorised officer if the person is in possession of, or can reasonably acquire, the correct information,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
Division 3—Assistance in Arranging Attendance of Person in Foreign Country
Requests for attendance of person in foreign country
26.—(1) The appropriate authority of a prescribed foreign country may request the Attorney-General to assist in arranging the attendance, in that country, of a person in Singapore for the purposes of giving or providing evidence or assistance in relation to a criminal matter in that country.
(2) Where, on receipt of a request referred to in subsection (1), the Attorney-General is satisfied that—
- (a) the request relates to a criminal matter in the foreign country involving a foreign offence;
- (b) there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person concerned is capable of giving or providing evidence or assistance relevant to the criminal matter;
- (c) the person concerned has freely consented to attend as requested;
- (d) the person is not—
- (i) a prisoner within the meaning of section 2 of the Prisons Act (Cap. 247); or
- (ii) otherwise under detention in a prescribed institution; and
