s 10 Assistance under Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000
10.—(1) Assistance under any provision of Part 3 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000 may be provided by Singapore to a Convention country for a criminal matter involving a relevant offence of that country. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) —(a) a relevant offence is deemed to be a foreign serious offence for the purposes of that Act; (b) that offence is deemed not to be an offence of a political character for the purposes of that Act; (c) section 20(3) of that Act does not apply to any request for assistance mentioned 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 is a reference to 1 April 2006. (3) The following offences are deemed to be Singapore offences for the purposes of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000:(a) an offence specified in the First Schedule committed to or in relation to an internationally protected person; (b) an offence specified in the Second Schedule committed to or in relation to relevant premises or a vehicle used by an internationally protected person; (c) an abetment of or a conspiracy or an attempt to commit an offence under paragraph (a) or (b); (d) an offence against an internationally protected person. (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 an internationally protected person; 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.