Singapore legislation
Clause 2
Clause 2
Amendment of section 107
Section 107 of the Criminal Procedure Code (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsections:“(2) If his explanation is inadequate and the amount of the bond is not paid, the court may recover the amount by issuing an order for the attachment of any property, movable or immovable, belonging to him —
by seizure of such property which may be sold and the proceeds applied towards the payment of the amount of the bond; or
by appointing a receiver who shall be at liberty to take possession of and sell such property and apply the proceeds towards the payment of the amount of the bond.(2A) Any person may, not later than 7 days after the date of the seizure of any property under subsection (2)(a) or the taking of possession of any property by the receiver under subsection (2)(b), as the case may be, make a claim against that property by applying to the court for the property to be excluded from the order of attachment issued under subsection (2) and the court shall make such order as it sees fit.”.