Singapore legislation
Clause 20
Clause 20
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 —
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2) of section 15, the following subsection:“(2A) The High Court may exercise the powers conferred by section 16(1) notwithstanding any provision in any other written law prohibiting any dealing with any realisable property.”;
by inserting, immediately after subsection (12) of section 30, the following subsection:“(13) An authorised officer may exercise the powers conferred on him by this section notwithstanding any provision in any other written law relating to the production of, or the giving of any access to, any particular material or material of a particular description.”;
by inserting, immediately after subsection (6) of section 31, the following subsection:“(6A) The Public Prosecutor or the person duly authorised by him may exercise the powers conferred on the Public Prosecutor or the person, as the case may be, by this section notwithstanding any provision in any other written law relating to the production of, or the giving of any access to, any particular material or material of a particular description.”;
by inserting, immediately after subsection (1) of section 39, the following subsection:“(1A) For the avoidance of doubt, where the property referred to in subsection (1) is the subject of a transaction, the person referred to in that subsection shall make the disclosure referred to in that subsection regardless of whether the transaction was completed.”;
by deleting subsection (5) of section 46; and
by deleting subsection (5) of section 47.