Singapore legislation
Section 169
Section 169
Consequences of non-compliance with Division 2
(1)
The court may draw such inference as it thinks fit if —
the prosecution fails to serve the Case for the Prosecution on the defence, or the defence fails to serve the Case for the Defence after the Case for the Prosecution has been served on the defence;
the Case for the Prosecution or the Case for the Defence does not contain any or any part of the items specified in section 162 or 165(1), respectively; (ba)the prosecution fails to serve on the defence any copy of a statement, transcript, documentary exhibit or criminal record that the prosecution is required under section 166(1) to serve on the defence;
(bb)the defence fails to serve on the prosecution a copy of each documentary exhibit that is set out in the list mentioned in section 165(1)(c) and is in the possession, custody or power of the accused; or
the prosecution or the defence puts forward a case at the trial which differs from or is otherwise inconsistent with the Case for the Prosecution or the Case for the Defence, respectively, that has been filed.
(2)
A court may order a discharge not amounting to an acquittal in relation to a charge that the prosecution intends to proceed with at trial, if —
the prosecution fails to serve the Case for the Prosecution in respect of that charge within the time permitted under section 161;
the Case for the Prosecution does not contain any or any part of the items specified in section 162; or
the prosecution fails to serve on the defence, within the time permitted under section 166(1), any copy of a statement, transcript, documentary exhibit or criminal record that the prosecution is required under that provision to serve on the defence.