Singapore legislation

Clause 33

of Criminal Law Reform Bill

Clause 33

Amendment of section 107

Section 107 of the Penal Code is amended —

(a)

by renumbering the section as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection (before Explanation 1):“(2) A person may abet the doing of a thing despite the existence of facts of which he is unaware which make the doing of the thing impossible.”;

(b)

by deleting the words “wilful misrepresentation, or by wilful” in Explanation 1 and substituting the words “intentional misrepresentation, or by intentional”; and

(c)

by deleting the word “wilfully” in the illustration and substituting the word “intentionally”.

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