Kuala Lampur, March 8 -- Singapore's home detention scheme (HDS) is provided for in Part 6 of the Prisons Act 1933. It was first inserted into the Act in 2000 as Part IVA with 9 sections (Sections 38A - 38I). It is now Part 6 (Sections 51 - 59) following a 2020 revision.

Section 51 is the Interpretation section for the Part. Section 52 provides for a home detention order (HDO).

The Commissioner of Prisons may, for the purpose of facilitating a prisoner's rehabilitation and reintegration into society, by order release a prisoner who is eligible for home detention for a period not exceeding 12 months or any other period that the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, prescribe in substitution thereof.

Section 53 makes provision on...