(1)If a court has reason to believe, whether after taking evidence or not, that a person against whom a warrant of arrest has been issued has absconded or is hiding so that the warrant cannot be executed, the court may publish a written proclamation requiring him to appear at a specified place and at a specified time not less than 30 days after the date of publication.
Section history
Section 88 — Proclamation for person absconding
As in force on 31 August 2018.
Timeline 3 versions
- 2 January 2011 Enacted
- 31 August 2018 You are here
- 31 December 2021 Revised edition
- 17 August 2026 Latest
(2)The proclamation must be published —
(a)in a daily newspaper;
(b)by leaving a copy of it at the person’s last known address;
(c)by affixing a copy of it to any bulletin board in the court house;
(d)by affixing a copy of it to the bulletin board in the office of the Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act (Cap. 329A) that is nearest to the person’s last known address; or
(e)by affixing a copy of it to a bulletin board of any community centre or clubhouse established under the People’s Association Act (Cap. 227) that is nearest to the person’s last known address.
(3)A statement by the court issuing the proclamation stating that the proclamation was published on a specified day in a specified manner, or on a specified day at a specified place, is conclusive of that fact.