Singapore legislation

Section 30

of Radiation Protection Act 2007

Section 30

Enhanced punishment for theft, etc., of nuclear material

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(1)

If, in a prosecution of a person for an offence under a section of the Penal Code 1871 set out in the first column of the Second Schedule, it is proved that —

(a)

the offence is committed in relation to nuclear material; and

(b)

the person knew that it was nuclear material,then, in lieu of the term of imprisonment prescribed in that section, the person shall be liable to the term of imprisonment set out in the second column of that Schedule against that section.

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(2)

Subsection (1) does not affect any liability of the person to, or the jurisdiction of the court to impose, any other punishment prescribed in that section of the Penal Code 1871.[26C

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