Singapore legislation

Clause 5

of Drug Trafficking (Confiscation of Benefits) (Amendment) Bill

Clause 5

Amendment of section 3

Section 3 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “drug trafficking offence” wherever they appear in subsection (1), the words “or foreign drug trafficking offence”;

(b)

by deleting the word “proceedings” in the 5th line of subsection (1) and substituting the words “any proceedings under this Act”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) This Act shall apply to any serious offence or foreign serious offence whether committed before or after the date of commencement of the Drug Trafficking (Confiscation of Benefits) (Amendment) Act 1999 except that nothing in this Act shall impose any duty or confer any power on any court in connection with any proceedings under this Act against a person for a serious offence or a foreign serious offence in respect of which he has been convicted by a court before that date.”.

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