Singapore legislation

Clause 36

of Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill

Clause 36

Amendment of section 2

In the Organised Crime Act 2015, in section 2(1) —

(a)

after the definition of “locally-linked organised criminal group”, insert —“ “locally-linked organised criminal scam group” means a group that has as its only purpose, or one of its purposes, the obtaining of a financial or other material benefit from the commission by, or the facilitation of the commission by, any person (whether or not the person is a member of the group) of any serious scam offence;”;

(b)

after the definition of “organised criminal group”, insert —“ “organised criminal scam group” means a group that has as its only purpose, or one of its purposes, the obtaining of a financial or other material benefit from the commission by, or the facilitation of the commission by, any person (whether or not the person is a member of the group) of —

(a)

any serious scam offence; or

(b)

any act outside Singapore that, if the act occurred in Singapore, would constitute a serious scam offence;”; and

(c)

replace the definition of “serious offence” with —“ “serious offence” means any offence specified in Part 1 of the Schedule;“serious scam offence” means any offence specified in Part 2 of the Schedule.”.

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