(1)If a released person under a duty to surrender to custody, or to make himself or herself 2021available for investigations or to attend court, does not do so, he or she 2021may be arrested without a warrant.
Section history
Section 103 — Absconding or breaking conditions of bail or personal bond, etc.
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(2)If a released person leaves the court at any time after he or she 2021has surrendered into its custody or after he or she2021 has attended court at2012on2012 the day and at the2012 time appointed for him or her2021 to do so, and before the court is ready to begin or to resume the hearing of the proceedings, the court may issue a warrant for his or her 2021arrest.
(3)A released person under a duty to surrender to custody, or to make himself or herself2021 available for investigations or to attend court on the day and 2012at the day,2012 time and place appointed for him or her 2021to do so, may be arrested without a warrant if —
(a)there are reasonable grounds for believing that he or she2021 is unlikely to surrender to custody, or to make himself or herself 2021available for investigations or to attend court;
(b)there are reasonable grounds for believing that he or she2021 is likely to break or has broken any of the conditions of his or her 2021bail or personal bond; or
(c)any of his or her2021 sureties informs the police or court that the person is unlikely to surrender to custody, or to make himself or herself 2021available for investigations or to attend court and that the surety therefore wishes to be relieved of his or her 2021obligations as a surety.
(4)When such a person is brought before the court pursuant to an arrest under this section and the court thinks that he2021the person2021 —
(a)is unlikely to surrender to custody, or to make himself or herself 2021available for investigations or to attend court; or
(b)has broken or is likely to break any conditions of his or her 2021bail or personal bond,
the court may remand him2021the person2021 in custody or grant him or her2021 bail subject to such conditions as it thinks fit.
(5)A released person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both, if the released person knowingly, and without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with any duty imposed on the released person —
(a)to surrender to custody;
(b)to be available for investigations; or
(c)to attend court on the day and at the time and place appointed for the released person to do so.
(6)For the purposes of subsection (5), a released person is presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have no reasonable excuse if —
(a)on or before the date of the failure to comply with the duty, the released person left Singapore without the permission of a police officer or the court,2021court2021 as2021(as2021 the case may be,2021be)2021 and has not returned to Singapore; or
(b)on the date of the failure to comply with the duty, the released person, being outside Singapore, remains outside Singapore without the permission of the police officer or the court, as the case may be.