Singapore legislation
Clause 2
Clause 2
Amendment of section 2
Section 2 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —
by deleting the words “prescribed foreign country” in the 2nd line of the definition of “foreign confiscation order” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “foreign country”;
by deleting the words “that is made on or after the date the order under section 17(1) declaring that country as a prescribed foreign country comes into force,” in the 12th, penultimate and last lines of the definition of “foreign confiscation order” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “that is made on or after the appointed date for that country”;
by deleting the words “prescribed foreign country” in the 2nd line of the definition of “instrumentality forfeiture order” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “foreign country”;
by deleting the words “that is made on or after the date the order under section 17(1) declaring that country as a prescribed foreign country comes into force” in the 9th, penultimate and last lines of the definition of “instrumentality forfeiture order” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “that is made on or after the appointed date for that country”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(4) In the definitions of “foreign confiscation order” and “instrumentality forfeiture order”, a reference to the appointed date for a foreign country is a reference to —
in the case of a prescribed foreign country that was declared as such before the date of commencement of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Amendment) Act 2006, the date the order under section 17(1) making such declaration came into force; or
in any other case, the date of commencement of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Amendment) Act 2006.”.