Singapore legislation
Clause 3
Clause 3
Amendment of section 12
Section 12 of the Code is hereby amended by deleting subsections (1) and (2) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(1) Where a person who is not less than eighteen years of age —
is convicted before the High Court or a District Court of an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term of two years or upwards; and
has been convicted on at least two previous occasions since he attained the age of sixteen years of offences punishable with such a sentence,then, if the court is satisfied that it is expedient with a view to his reformation and the prevention of crime that he should receive training of a corrective character for a substantial period of time, followed by a period of supervision if released before the expiration of his sentence, the court, unless it has special reasons for not so doing, shall pass, in lieu of any sentence of imprisonment, a sentence of corrective training for such term of not less than three nor more than seven years as the court may determine.(2) Where a person who is not less than thirty years of age —
is convicted before the High Court or a District Court of an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term of two years or upwards; and
has been convicted on at least three previous occasions since he attained the age of sixteen years of offences punishable with such a sentence, and was on at least two of those occasions sentenced to imprisonment or corrective training,then, if the court is satisfied that it is expedient for the protection of the public that he should be detained in custody for a substantial period of time, followed by a period of supervision if released before the expiration of his sentence, the court, unless it has special reasons for not so doing, shall pass, in lieu of any sentence of imprisonment, a sentence of preventive detention for such term of not less than five nor more than fourteen years as the court may determine.”.