Singapore legislation

Clause 21

of Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill

Clause 21

New section 31A

The Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 31 thereof the following new section: —“Liability of citizens of Singapore for offences committed outside Singapore31A.—

(1)

The provisions of this Ordinance shall, in relation to citizens of Singapore, have effect outside as well as within Singapore; and where an offence under this Ordinance is committed by a citizen of Singapore in any place outside Singapore, he may be dealt with in respect of such offence as if it had been committed within Singapore:Provided that any proceedings against any person under this section which would be a bar to subsequent proceedings against such person for the same offence, if such offence had been committed in Singapore, shall be a bar to further proceedings against him, under any written law for the time being in force relating to the extradition of persons, in respect of the same offence outside Singapore.”.