Singapore legislation

Clause 27

of Postal Services (Amendment) Bill

Clause 27

Consequential and related amendments to Criminal Procedure Code

The Criminal Procedure Code is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definitions of “Postal Authority” and “public postal licensee” in section 2(1) and substituting the following definitions:“ “Postal Authority”, “public parcel locker network operator” and “public postal licensee” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Postal Services Act;”;

(b)

by deleting the words “a Postal Authority or public postal licensee” in section 20(1), (1A), (3) and (3A) and substituting in each case the words “the Postal Authority, a public postal licensee or the public parcel locker network operator”;

(c)

by deleting the words “the Postal Authority or public postal licensee” in section 20(3) and (3A)(a) and (b) and substituting in each case the words “the Postal Authority, public postal licensee or public parcel locker network operator, as the case may be”;

(d)

by deleting the words “or a public postal licensee” in section 24(2) and substituting the words “, a public postal licensee or the public parcel locker network operator”; and

(e)

by deleting subsection (2) of section 235 and substituting the following subsection:“(2) If any document or thing in the custody of the Postal Authority, a public postal licensee or the public parcel locker network operator is, in the opinion of the court, required for the purposes of any inquiry, trial or proceeding under this Code, the court may require the Postal Authority, public postal licensee or public parcel locker network operator (as the case may be) to deliver that document or thing to such person as the court directs.”.