Singapore legislation
Clause 44
Clause 44
Amendment of section 169
Section 169 of the Code is amended —
by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)the prosecution fails to serve the Case for the Prosecution on the defence, or the defence fails to serve the Case for the Defence after the Case for the Prosecution has been served on the defence;”;
by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (b) of subsection (1), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraphs:“(ba)the prosecution fails to serve on the defence any copy of a statement, transcript, documentary exhibit or criminal record that the prosecution is required under section 166(1) to serve on the defence;
(bb)the defence fails to serve on the prosecution a copy of each documentary exhibit that is set out in the list mentioned in section 165(1)(c) and is in the possession, custody or power of the accused; or”; and
by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) A court may order a discharge not amounting to an acquittal in relation to a charge that the prosecution intends to proceed with at trial, if —
the prosecution fails to serve the Case for the Prosecution in respect of that charge within the time permitted under section 161;
the Case for the Prosecution does not contain any or any part of the items specified in section 162; or
the prosecution fails to serve on the defence, within the time permitted under section 166(1), any copy of a statement, transcript, documentary exhibit or criminal record that the prosecution is required under that provision to serve on the defence.”.