Singapore legislation

Clause 5

of Post-appeal Applications in Capital Cases Bill

Clause 5

Saving and transitional provisions

(1)

Sections 2 and 3 do not apply in relation to —

(a)

any application or action filed before the appointed day and that is, or contains, a PACC application; or

(b)

any application for permission to make a review application, or a review application, filed before the appointed day,and any proceedings in relation to such application or action may be dealt with and disposed of in accordance with the law as in force immediately before the appointed day as if sections 2 and 3 had not been enacted.

(2)

In this section —

Definition

“appointed day” means the date of commencement of the Post‑appeal Applications in Capital Cases Act 2022;

Definition

“PACC application” has the meaning given by section 60F of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969;

Definition

“review application” means a review application within the meaning of section 394F of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010.

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