Singapore legislation
Clause 48
Clause 48
Amendment of section 210
Section 210 of the Code is amended —
(a)
by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Where the Public Prosecutor is of the opinion that an offence must or ought to be tried in the High Court, the Public Prosecutor must, by fiat in writing signed by the Public Prosecutor, designate the High Court to try the offence.”; and
(b)
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) To avoid doubt, a Magistrate’s Court can continue to exercise powers under Division 5 of Part VI in relation to a case that has been transmitted under subsection (2) to the High Court for the purpose of trial.”.