Singapore legislation
Clause 10
Clause 10
New sections 41 and 42
The Penal Code is amended by inserting, immediately after section 40, the following sections:“Offence with specified term of imprisonment
41. An offence described in this Code or in any written law for the time being in force as being punishable with imprisonment for a specified term or upwards includes an offence for which the specified term is the maximum term of imprisonment.Obscene
42. The word “obscene”, in relation to any thing or matter, means any thing or matter the effect of which is, if taken as a whole, such as to tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely, having regard to all relevant circumstances, to read, see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it.”.