Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Penal Code (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

New section 4

The Penal Code is amended by inserting, immediately after section 3, the following section:“Jurisdiction over public servants for offences committed outside Singapore

4. Every public servant who, being a citizen or a permanent resident of Singapore, when acting or purporting to act in the course of his employment, commits an act or omission outside Singapore that if committed in Singapore would constitute an offence under the law in force in Singapore, is deemed to have committed that act or omission in Singapore.”.