Clause 13

by deleting the words “3 months” in paragraph (a) and substituting the words “6 months”; and

by renumbering the section as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection and Illustration:“(2) For the purposes of this section, an obstruction may be caused other than by the use of physical means or threatening language by a person against a public servant.IllustrationA group of paramedics from the Singapore Civil Defence Force intends to take the lift to the 30th storey of a block of flats to reach a person suffering from a heart attack. A decides to play a prank on the paramedics by telling them that the lift has broken down, knowing this to be false. The paramedics took the stairs because of what A told them and reached the person 15 minutes later than if they had taken the lift. A has voluntarily obstructed the paramedics in the discharge of their public function.”.