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Rh (4) In this section, "relevant offence" means—
 * (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 a relevant premises or a vehicle used by an internationally protected person;
 * (c) an offence under section 4 or 5; or
 * (d) an abetment of or a conspiracy or an attempt to commit an offence under paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

Assistance under Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act

10.—(1) Assistance under any provision of Part III of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act (Cap. 190A) 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 shall be deemed to be a foreign serious offence for the purposes of that Act;
 * (b) that offence shall be deemed not to be an offence of a political character for the purposes of that Act;
 * (c) section 20(1)(f) of that Act is inapplicable to any request for assistance referred to 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 shall be read as the date of commencement of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Amendment) Act 2006 (Act 8 of 2006).

(3) The following offences shall be deemed to be Singapore offences for the purposes of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act:
 * (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 a relevant premises or a vehicle used by an internationally protected person;