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Short title and commencement
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act 1992 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
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Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Bill is Singapore Bill, cited as Bill 12 1992, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1992.
Short title and commencement
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act 1992 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
Repeal and re-enactment of section 194
Section 194 of the Criminal Procedure Code is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Trial before a single Judge
194. Every trial before the High Court under this Chapter shall be heard and disposed of before a single Judge of the High Court.”.
Transitional provision
Notwithstanding section 2 of this Act, section 194 of the Criminal Procedure Code which was in force immediately before the date of commencement of this Act shall continue to apply to any trial before a court comprising of two Judges of the High Court which has commenced before that date.