Singapore Rolls Out ‘Comprehensive Update’ to Extradition Regime With Passing of Extradition Bill

Singapore Rolls Out ‘Comprehensive Update’ to Extradition Regime With Passing of Extradition Bill
An Interpol logo shows at Interpol's Global Complex for Innovation in Singapore on Sept. 30, 2014. Edgar Su/Reuters
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Singapore’s parliament passed an Extradition (Amendment) Bill that aimed to reform the Extradition Act of 1968 and bring it, and related Acts, in line with international norms.

In his speech before Parliament on April 4, Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong said the bill’s objective was the “modernization” of Singapore’s extradition regime.