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Rh PART II REQUESTS BY SINGAPORE Division 1—Preliminary Provisions Application of this Part

6. A request for assistance under this Part may be made to any foreign country.

Requests to be made by Attorney-General

7. A request by Singapore for assistance under this Part may be made only by the Attorney-General. Division 2—Assistance in Obtaining Evidence Requests for taking of evidence, etc.

8.—(1) The Attorney-General may request the appropriate authority of a foreign country to arrange for—
 * (a) evidence to be taken in the foreign country; and
 * (b) the evidence to be sent to the Attorney-General,

if the Attorney-General is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that such evidence would be relevant to any criminal proceedings in Singapore.

(2) The Attorney-General may request the appropriate authority of a foreign country—
 * (a) to assist in obtaining, by search and seizure if necessary, any thing in the foreign country or a photograph or copy thereof; and
 * (b) to arrange for the thing or the photograph or copy thereof to be sent to the Attorney-General,

if the Attorney-General is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that such thing would be relevant to a criminal matter in Singapore.

(3) Any evidence, thing or photograph or copy of a thing received by the Attorney-General pursuant to a request under subsection (1) or (2) may, subject to the provisions of the Evidence Act (Cap. 98) and the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68), be admitted as evidence at any criminal proceedings to which the request relates.