Singapore legislation

Clause 7

Ancillary offences

(1)

Any act of violence done by any person in connection with an offence under section 3, 4 or 5 committed or attempted to be committed by him shall be deemed to have been committed in Singapore and shall constitute an offence punishable under the law in force in Singapore applicable to it, wherever the act of violence was committed, whatever the state in which the ship concerned is registered (if any), and whatever the nationality or citizenship of the person committing or attempting to commit the act.

(2)

Subsection (1) is without prejudice to section 180 of the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 179).

(3)

Any person in Singapore who abets the commission elsewhere of any act which would —

(a)

but for section 3(2), be an offence under that section;

(b)

but for section 4(5), be an offence under that section;

(c)

but for section 5(6), be an offence under that section; or

(d)

but for section 6(4), be an offence under that section,shall be guilty of an offence.

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