Singapore legislation

Clause 13

of Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill

Clause 13

Amendment of Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act

The Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (Cap. 65A, 2000 Ed.) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “for the purpose of assisting any person to avoid prosecution for a drug trafficking offence or a foreign drug trafficking offence or the making or enforcement of a confiscation order” in section 46(2);

(b)

by deleting the words “for the purpose of assisting any person to avoid prosecution for a serious offence or a foreign serious offence or the making or enforcement of a confiscation order” in section 47(2);

(c)

by deleting the words “for no or inadequate consideration,” wherever they appear in sections 46(3) and 47(3); and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the words “has been” in section 48(2)(a), the words “or is being”.

Clause 13 — Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill