Singapore legislation
Clause 3
Clause 3
Amendment of section 8
Section 8 of the Probation of Offenders Act is amended by deleting the full-stop at the end of subsection (1) and substituting a colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following proviso:“Provided that where a person is convicted of an offence for which a specified minimum sentence or mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment or fine or caning is prescribed by law, the court shall not make an order discharging a person absolutely or an order for conditional discharge unless the person —
(a)
has attained the age of 16 years but has not attained the age of 21 years at the time of his conviction; and
(b)
has not been previously convicted of the same offence.”.