Singapore legislation

Clause 425

of Criminal Procedure Code Bill

Clause 425

Irregularity in attachment

(1)

An attachment made under this Code shall not be considered unlawful, nor shall any person making it be considered to have done any wrong, on account of some defect or lack of form in the summons, conviction, order of attachment or other proceeding relating to it.

(2)

The person referred to in subsection (1) shall not be considered to have done wrong from the start on account of any irregularity that he afterwards commits, but anyone wronged by the irregularity may take such proceedings in a civil court as he thinks fit to recover damages for any loss or harm he might have suffered.