Singapore legislation
Clause 8
Clause 8
Amendment of section 84
Section 84 of the Penal Code is amended —
(a)
by deleting the words “(whether wrong by the ordinary standards of reasonable and honest persons or wrong as contrary to law)” in paragraph (b); and
(b)
by renumbering the section as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection (before the Illustration):“(2) Subsection (1)(b) applies only if the person is incapable of knowing that his act —
(a)
is wrong by the ordinary standards of reasonable and honest persons; and
(b)
is wrong as contrary to law.”.