Singapore legislation

Clause 23

of Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill

Clause 23

Amendment of section 305

In the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, in section 305, replace subsection (1) with —“(1) If —

(a)

a person —

(i)

is convicted by a court of an offence punishable with imprisonment; and

(ii)

is, on the day of his or her conviction, of or above 18 years of age but below 21 years of age;

(b)

a person —

(i)

is convicted by a court other than the Youth Court of an offence punishable with imprisonment;

(ii)

is a person mentioned in section 42(2A)(b), (c), (d) or (e) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993; and

(iii)

is, on the day of his or her conviction, of or above 16 years of age but below 18 years of age;

(c)

a person —

(i)

is convicted by a court of an offence punishable with imprisonment;

(ii)

is, on the day of his or her conviction, of or above 14 years of age but below 18 years of age;

(iii)

has, before that conviction, been dealt with by a court in connection with another offence; and

(iv)

had, for that offence mentioned in sub‑paragraph (iii), been ordered to be sent to a juvenile rehabilitation centre established under section 90 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993; or

(d)

a person —

(i)

is convicted by a court of an offence punishable with imprisonment;

(ii)

is, on the day of his or her conviction, of or above 14 years of age but below 18 years of age; and

(iii)

is, in the opinion of the court, a person of so unruly a character that he or she cannot be safely detained in a juvenile rehabilitation centre or a place of detention,the court may impose a sentence of reformative training in lieu of any other sentence if the court is satisfied, having regard to the person’s character, previous conduct and the circumstances of the offence, that to reform the person and to prevent crime, the person should undergo a period of training in a reformative training centre.”.

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