Singapore legislation

Clause 93

of Criminal Law Reform Bill

Clause 93

Amendment of section 313

Section 313 of the Penal Code is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “woman is quick with child or not” and substituting the words “woman’s pregnancy is of more than 16 weeks’ duration or not as mentioned in that section”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “and shall”, the words “, if he is not sentenced to imprisonment for life,”.