Singapore legislation

Clause 9

of Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Bill

Clause 9

Amendment of section 360

Section 360 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(c)order the attachment of any property, movable or immovable, belonging to the person —

(i)

by seizure of such property which may be sold and the proceeds applied towards the payment of that sum; or

(ii)

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 that sum;

(ca)direct any person who owes money to the person ordered to pay compensation to pay the court the amount of that debt due or accruing or the amount that is sufficient to pay off the compensation sum;”;

(b)

by deleting the words “subsection (1)(c)(iii)” in subsection (7) and substituting the words “subsection (1)(ca)”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (7), the following subsection:“(8) Any person may, not later than 7 days after the date of the seizure of any property under subsection (1)(c)(i) or the taking of possession of any property by the receiver under subsection (1)(c)(ii), 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 (1)(c) and the court shall make such order as it sees fit.”.