Singapore legislation

Clause 12

of Prisons (Amendment) Bill

Clause 12

Amendment of section 41

Section 41 of the Prisons Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “to any prison officer, and any prison officer receiving or demanding” in the 5th and 6th lines of subsection (1) and substituting the words “to any prison officer, medical officer, member or employee of the Corporation, or to any other person working in a prison, and any such person receiving or demanding”;

(b)

by deleting “$400” in the penultimate line of subsection (1) and substituting “$1,200”; and

(c)

by deleting the word “person” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “public officer”.