Singapore legislation

Clause 26

of Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill

Clause 26

Replacement of section 37

In the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act 1906, replace section 37 with —“Melting or defacing metals, etc., within 5 days of receipt37.—

(1)

A relevant person who —

(a)

melts, alters, defaces, puts away, disposes of or sells any goods, metals or articles; or

(b)

causes any goods, metals or articles to be melted, altered, defaced, put away, disposed of or sold,shall be guilty of an offence if —

(c)

the act mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) was done —

(i)

within 5 days of receipt of the goods, metals or articles from any person other than another relevant person; or

(ii)

after receiving information from a police officer that the goods, metals or articles had been stolen or fraudulently obtained;

(d)

the act mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) was done without the previous permission of the Director, Criminal Investigation Department; and

(e)

the goods, metals or articles were in fact stolen or fraudulently obtained.(2) A relevant person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.(3) In this section —“articles” means platinum, gold or silver articles;“metals” means platinum, gold or silver;“relevant person” means —

(a)

any pawnbroker or any dealer in secondhand goods;

(b)

any worker in platinum, gold or silver; or

(c)

any dealer in platinum, gold or silver articles.”.

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