Singapore legislation
Clause 12
Clause 12
Amendment of section 182
Section 182 of the Penal Code is amended —
(a)
by inserting, immediately after the words “ought not to”, the words “, or would not,”; and
(b)
by inserting, immediately after illustration (c), the following illustration:“(d) A informs a policeman that A does not know the identity of the suspect of a criminal offence, knowing such information to be false, and knowing it to be likely that in consequence of this information, the policeman will expend additional time and resources to identify the suspect which will not be so expended if A had informed the policeman that A knew the identity of the suspect. A has committed an offence under this section.”.