Singapore legislation
Clause 13
Clause 13
Amendment of section 51
Section 51 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Subject to subsection (2), a Magistrate’s Court exercising criminal jurisdiction shall have —
(a)
the jurisdiction and powers conferred on it by the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68) and any other written law; and
(b)
without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), the power to order medical examination of a person who is an accused in any criminal proceedings where the physical or mental condition of the person is relevant to any matter in question in the proceedings.”.