Singapore legislation

Section 15

of Criminal Procedure Code

Section 15

Penalty for non-compliance with section 14

(1)

If any person subject to the supervision of the police who is at large in Singapore —

(a)

remains in any place for 48 hours without personally presenting himself and notifying the place of his residence to the officer in charge of the police division in which such place is situated;

(b)

fails to comply with the requirements of section 14 on the occasion of any change of residence;

(c)

is absent from his notified place of residence for more than 48 hours without having complied with the requirements of section 14(1)(f); or

(d)

fails to comply with the requirements of section 14 as to reporting himself at intervals not exceeding 30 days,he shall in every such case, unless he proves to the satisfaction of the court before which he is tried that he did his best to act in conformity with the law, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.

(2)

If any person is convicted of an offence under this section, the court before which he is convicted may in addition to any other punishment to which it may sentence him direct that he shall be subject to the supervision of the police for a period of not more than one year commencing immediately after the expiration of the sentence passed on him by that court, or immediately after the expiration of the period of supervision by the police in respect of which the offence was committed, whichever is the later.

(3)

When any person subject to the supervision of the police is, while still subject to such supervision, sentenced to a term of imprisonment for any offence, any term spent in prison may be excluded from such period of supervision.