s 38 Assistance under Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000
38.—(1) For the purposes of providing assistance under Part 3 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000 to a foreign country for a criminal matter involving a relevant offence of that country, the relevant offence is deemed not to be an offence of a political character.[20/2014] (2) In this section —“criminal matter” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000; “relevant offence”, in relation to a Convention country, means —(a) an offence against the law of that country that consists of or includes conduct which, if it had occurred in Singapore, would have constituted a nuclear offence; or (b) an offence against the law of that country that consists of or includes conduct which would constitute a nuclear trafficking offence.[26G [20/2014]