Singapore legislation

Clause 5

of Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill

Clause 5

Amendment of section 6

Section 6 of the Ordinance is hereby amended —

(a)

by deleting the expression “two years, and to whipping” appearing at the end of subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the words “three years and to caning”; and

(b)

by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (3) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(a)by a member of the armed forces or of the police force or of any visiting force lawfully present in Singapore under the provisions of any law relating to visiting forces; or”.