Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Law Enforcement and Other Matters Bill

Clause 6

Amendment of Criminal Procedure Code 2010

In the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, in section 16 —

(a)

in subsection (1), replace “a non‑arrestable offence —” with “a non‑arrestable offence, any one or more of the following applies:”;

(b)

in subsection (1)(b), replace “must, by order” with “may, by notice”;

(c)

in subsection (1)(b), delete “or” at the end;

(d)

after subsection (1), insert —“(1A) Despite subsection (1), if the police officer has reason to believe that the matter is not of a serious nature or there are insufficient grounds for proceeding with the matter (whether or not any investigation has commenced under subsection (1)(a)), no further action need be taken by any police officer.”; and

(e)

in subsection (5), replace “not to investigate into any non‑arrestable case” with “to take any course of action mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or (c) or (1A)”.

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