Clause 191

Section 2, 25 or 26 (as the case may be) does not apply to any offence committed before the respective date of commencement of that section.

Where at any time before the date of commencement of section 116, a person met or communicated with another person only on one previous occasion before the happening of an event mentioned in section 376E(1)(a) of the Penal Code as in force immediately before that date, no offence under section 376E of the Penal Code as amended by section 116 is committed regardless when that event takes place.

However, where at any time before the date of commencement of section 116, a person (A) met or communicated with another person on at least 2 previous occasions before the happening of an event mentioned in section 376E(1)(a) of the Penal Code as in force immediately before that date, section 376E of the Penal Code as in force immediately before that date continues to apply to A as if section 116 had not been enacted if that event occurs on or after that date.

Where a person who is convicted on or after the date of commencement of section 153 of an offence under section 449, 450, 451 or 452 of the Penal Code which is committed on or after that date, has a prior conviction for an offence under the repealed section 454, 455, 457 or 458 of the Penal Code as in force immediately before that date, the person shall be punished with caning in addition to the punishment prescribed for section 449, 450, 451 or 452 of the Penal Code (as the case may be) because of section 458A of the Penal Code as amended by section 153.

Despite section 169(3), Part I of the Fourth Schedule to the Criminal Procedure Code as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 169(3)(d) and (e) continues to apply with respect to an offence under the repealed sections 427, 448 and 511 of the Penal Code which is committed before the date of commencement of sections 141, 146 and 167, respectively.

For a period of 2 years after the date of commencement of any provision of this Act, the Minister may, by regulations, prescribe such additional provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent to the enactment of that provision as the Minister may consider necessary or expedient.