s 29 Requests for enforcement of foreign confiscation order
29.—(1) The appropriate authority of a prescribed foreign country may request the Attorney‑General to assist in —(a) the enforcement and satisfaction of a foreign confiscation order, made in any judicial proceedings or proceedings before a competent authority instituted in that country, against property that is reasonably believed to be located in Singapore; or[Act 42 of 2024 wef 28/03/2025] (b) where a foreign confiscation order may be made in judicial proceedings or proceedings before a competent authority which have been or are to be instituted in that country, the restraining of dealing in any property that is reasonably believed to be located in Singapore and against which the order may be enforced or which may be available to satisfy the order.[Act 42 of 2024 wef 28/03/2025] (1A) A request mentioned in subsection (1)(a) may specify that the property must not be realised in Singapore for the enforcement and satisfaction of the foreign confiscation order.[Act 42 of 2024 wef 28/03/2025] (2) On receipt of a request under subsection (1), the Attorney‑General may —(a) in the case of subsection (1)(a) — act or authorise the taking of action under section 30 and the provisions of the Third Schedule; or (b) in the case of subsection (1)(b) — act or authorise the taking of action under the provisions of the Third Schedule, and in that event the provisions of the Third Schedule apply accordingly. [23/2014] (3) For the purposes of this section and the provisions of the Third Schedule, judicial proceedings that are criminal proceedings are instituted in a prescribed foreign country when a person is produced and charged in court with a foreign offence.[23/2014]