Singapore legislation
Section 129
Section 129
Sanction required for prosecution for certain offences
(1)
No court shall take cognizance —
of any offence punishable under sections 172 to 188 of the Penal Code [Cap. 224], except with the previous sanction of the Public Prosecutor or on the complaint of the public servant concerned or of some public servant to whom he is subordinate;
of any offence punishable under section 193, 194, 195, 196, 199, 200, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211 or 228 of the Penal Code [Cap. 224], except with the previous sanction of the Public Prosecutor; or
of any offence described in section 463 or punishable under section 471, 475 or 476 of the Penal Code [Cap. 224], except with the previous sanction of the Public Prosecutor.
(2)
Subsection (1) with reference to the offences named therein applies also to the abetment of such offences and attempts to commit them.
(3)
The sanction referred to in this section may be expressed in general terms and need not name the accused person but it shall, so far as practicable, specify the court or other place in which and the occasion on which the offence was committed.
(4)
When sanction is given in respect of any offence referred to in this section, the court taking cognizance of the case may frame a charge of any other offence so referred to which is disclosed by the facts.
(5)
No such sanction shall remain in force unless acted upon within one month from the date on which it was given.[128