Singapore legislation
Clause 5
Clause 5
Amendment of section 49
In the Children and Young Persons Act 1993, in section 49(1), replace paragraph (k) with —“(k)to deal with the offender, or order the offender to be brought before a District Court to be dealt with, under section 305 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 if —
on the day on which the offender is found guilty of an offence —
the offender has attained 18 years of age;
the offender —
(BA)has attained 14 years of age but is below 18 years of age;
(BB)has previously been dealt with by a court in connection with another offence; and
(BC)had, in respect of that other offence, been ordered under paragraph (i) to be sent to a juvenile rehabilitation centre established under section 90; or
the offender —
(CA)has attained 14 years of age but is below 18 years of age; and
(CB)is, in the opinion of the Youth Court, of so unruly a character that the offender cannot be safely detained in a juvenile rehabilitation centre or a place of detention; and
the Youth Court is satisfied that, having regard to the offender’s character, previous conduct and the circumstances of the offence, to reform the offender and prevent crime, the offender should undergo a period of training in a reformative training centre.”.