Singapore legislation
Clause 22
Clause 22
Amendment of section 138
Section 138 of the Women’s Charter is amended by deleting subsection (4) thereof and subsituting therefor the following: —“(4) No newspaper report of any proceedings under this Part in any courts shall reveal —
(a)
the name or address or include any particulars given in such proceedings calculated to lead to the identification; or
(b)
the name or address of any witness, or the particulars of any evidence given by such witness in such proceedings, which may lead to the identification,of any woman or girl in respect of whom the offence is alleged to be committed nor shall any picture be published in any newspaper as being or including the picture of such woman or girl or witness.”.