Singapore legislation
Section 13
Section 13
Reformative training
(1)
Where a male person is convicted by the High Court or a District Court of an offence punishable with imprisonment, then if on the day of his conviction he is not less than 16 but under 21 years of age, and the Court is satisfied having regard to his character and previous conduct, and to the circumstances of the offence, that it is expedient with a view to his reformation and the prevention of crime that he should undergo a period of training in a reformative training centre, the Court may, in lieu of any other sentence, pass a sentence of reformative training.
(2)
Where a male person is convicted by a Magistrate’s Court of an offence punishable with imprisonment, then if on the day of his conviction he is not less than 16 but under 21 years of age, and the Court is satisfied of the matters mentioned in subsection (1), the Court may commit him in custody for sentence to a District Court.
(3)
Where a person is so committed for sentence the District Court shall inquire into the circumstances of the case and may —
if satisfied of the matters mentioned in subsection (1), sentence him to reformative training; or
in any case, deal with him in any manner in which the Magistrate’s Court might have dealt with him.
(4)
Where a male young person has been ordered by a Juvenile Court under section 59(2) or (3) of the Children and Young Persons Act [Cap. 38] to be brought before a District Court, then the District Court shall inquire into the circumstances of the case and may —
if satisfied that it is expedient with a view to his reformation that he should undergo a period of training in a reformative training centre, sentence him to reformative training; or
in any case, deal with him in any manner in which the Juvenile Court might have dealt with him.
(5)
Before a sentence of reformative training is passed under this section, and before a person is committed for sentence under subsection (2), the Court shall consider any report or representations made by or on behalf of the Director of Prisons on the offender’s physical and mental condition and his suitability for the sentence; and if the Court has not received such a report or representations it shall remand the offender in custody for such a period or periods, not exceeding 3 weeks in the case of any single period, as the Court thinks necessary to enable the report or representations to be made.
(6)
A copy of any report or representations in writing made to the Court by the Director of Prisons for the purposes of subsection (5) shall be given by the Court to the offender or his advocate.
(7)
A person sentenced to reformative training shall be detained subject to his release in accordance with Schedule D and while so detained shall be treated in such manner as may be prescribed by rules made under section 407.