Singapore legislation

Clause 9

of Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) (Amendment) Bill

Clause 9

Amendment of section 22

Section 22 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “with intent to commit any offence” in subsection (1)(a) and substituting the words “without lawful authority or a lawful purpose”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsections:“(1A) In any prosecution for an offence under subsection (1)(a), it shall be sufficient for the prosecution to allege and prove that the accused was found to be armed with any dangerous or offensive instrument and the onus shall then be upon the accused to show that he had lawful authority or a lawful purpose to be so armed.(1B) An instrument shall be presumed to be carried with lawful authority if it is carried —

(a)

by any member of the Singapore Armed Forces, the Singapore Police Force, the Singapore Civil Defence Force, the Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation or of any visiting force lawfully present in Singapore under the provisions of any law relating to visiting forces; or

(b)

by any person as part of his official or ceremonial dress on any official or ceremonial occasion.”.

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