Singapore legislation
Clause 8
Clause 8
Amendment of section 11
Section 11 of the principal Act is amended —
by inserting, immediately after the words “Relevant maritime offences” in subsection (1), the words “and relevant fixed platform offences”;
by deleting subsections (2) and (3) and substituting the following subsections:“(2) Where no extradition treaty is in force between Singapore and a Protocol country —
a notification in the Gazette under section 4 of the Extradition Act may be made applying that Act as if there were an extradition treaty between Singapore and that Protocol country; but(b)subject to subsection (4), where the Extradition Act is applied under paragraph (a), that Act has effect as if the only extradition crimes within the meaning of that Act were relevant maritime offences and relevant fixed platform offences.(3) Where no extradition treaty is in force between Singapore and a Convention country that is not a Protocol country —
a notification in the Gazette under section 4 of the Extradition Act may be made applying that Act as if there were an extradition treaty between Singapore and that Convention country; but(b)subject to subsection (4), where the Extradition Act is applied under paragraph (a), that Act has effect as if the only extradition crimes within the meaning of that Act were relevant maritime offences.”;
by deleting the words “Subsection (2) is” in subsection (4) and substituting the words “Subsections (2) and (3) are”; and
by deleting subsection (5) and substituting the following subsection:“(5) For the purposes of the Extradition Act —
any act, wherever committed, is deemed to be an offence within the jurisdiction of a Protocol country in relation to which the Extradition Act has been applied by a notification in the Gazette made under section 4 of that Act, if that act —
is a relevant maritime offence or relevant fixed platform offence, or would be such an offence but for section 3(2), 4(5), 5(6), 6(4), 7A(2), 7B(5) or 7C(3) of this Act; and
is an offence against the law of that Protocol country; and
any act, wherever committed, is deemed to be an offence within the jurisdiction of a Convention country that is not a Protocol country in relation to which the Extradition Act has been applied by a notification in the Gazette made under section 4 of that Act, if that act —
is a relevant maritime offence, or would be such an offence but for section 3(2), 4(5), 5(6) or 6(4) of this Act; and
is an offence against the law of that Convention country.”.