Singapore legislation
Clause 21
Clause 21
Amendment of section 121
Subsection (5) of section 121 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by deleting the proviso thereto and substituting therefor the following: — “Provided that the court may in its discretion refuse to admit such statement or allow it to be used as aforesaid —
if the making of the statement appears to the court to have been caused by any inducement, threat or promise having reference to the charge against such person, proceeding from a person in authority and sufficient in the opinion of the court, to give such person grounds which would appear to him reasonable for supposing that by making it he would gain any advantage or avoid any evil of a temporal nature in reference to the proceedings against him; or
in the case of a statement made by such person after his arrest if it appears to the court that the statement was not made and recorded substantially in compliance with the provisions of the Rules set out in Schedule E to this Code.”.