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Rh "prescribed foreign country" means a foreign country declared by the Minister, by an order made under section 17 (1), as a prescribed foreign country;

"process" means any summons, warrant, order or other document in respect of a criminal matter that is issued—
 * (a) out of any court of Singapore or by any Judge, District Judge, Magistrate, the Registrar or Deputy Registrar or an Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court, or the Registrar or a Deputy Registrar of the Subordinate Courts; or
 * (b) out of any court of a foreign country or by any judge, magistrate or officer of such a court,

as the case may be;

"serious offence" means—
 * (a) any of the offences specified in the Second Schedule to the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (Cap. 84A);
 * (b) conspiracy to commit any of those offences;
 * (c) inciting another to commit any of those offences;
 * (d) attempting to commit any of those offences; or
 * (e) aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of any of those offences;

"Singapore offence" means a drug trafficking offence or a serious offence;

"Singapore confiscation order" means a confiscation order within the meaning of the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act;

"thing" includes material.

(2) For the purposes of this Act—
 * (a) a reference to a foreign country includes a reference to—
 * (i) a territory of that country, other than a territory that is itself a prescribed foreign country; and
 * (ii) a ship or aircraft of, or registered in, that country; and