Singapore legislation
Clause 12
of Serious Crimes and Counter-Terrorism (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill
Clause 12
Amendment of section 47A
Section 47A of the CDS Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsections:“(3) For the purpose of proving under this Part whether doing or being concerned in any act in a foreign country constitutes drug dealing or criminal conduct —
where the prosecution adduces, to the satisfaction of the court, some evidence that doing or being concerned in the act satisfies every element of a foreign drug dealing offence or foreign serious offence, it is presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the act constitutes that foreign drug dealing offence or foreign serious offence, as the case may be; and
without affecting section 59(1)(b) of the Evidence Act, the court may take judicial notice of any Act passed by the legislature of that foreign country. (4) Section 59(2) and (3) of the Evidence Act applies to the taking of judicial notice under subsection (3)(b).”.