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Rh that is made on or after the date the order under section 17 (1) declaring that country as a prescribed foreign country comes into force, and includes an instrumentality forfeiture order;

"foreign country" means any country, or territory, other than Singapore;

"foreign drug trafficking offence" means an offence against the corresponding drug law of a foreign country;

"foreign law immunity certificate" means a certificate given, or a declaration made, by a foreign country or under the law of a foreign country, certifying or declaring that, under the law of that country, persons generally or a specified person could or could not, either generally or in specified proceedings and either generally or in specified circumstances, be required—
 * (a) to answer a specified question; or
 * (b) to produce a specified thing;

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

"foreign serious offence" means an offence (other than a foreign drug trafficking offence)—
 * (a) against the law of a foreign country stated in a certificate purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the government of that country; and
 * (b) that consists of or includes conduct which, if it had occurred in Singapore, would have constituted a serious offence;

"instrumentality forfeiture order" means an order made by a court of a prescribed foreign country for the forfeiture and destruction of, or the forfeiture and other disposal of—
 * (a) any drug or other substance in respect of which an offence against the corresponding drug law of that country has been committed; or
 * (b) property which was used in connection with the commission of such an offence,

that is made on or after the date the order under section 17 (1) declaring that country as a prescribed foreign country comes into force;