8. Threats to commit offences and screening offenders
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A person who —
makes a threat to commit any offence under section 3, 5(1) or (2), 5A(1), 5B(1), 5C(1), 6(1) or 7(1) or (2); or
unlawfully and intentionally causes any person to receive such a threat,under circumstances which indicate the threat to be credible, shall be guilty of an offence.
A person who unlawfully and intentionally assists any other person to evade investigation, prosecution or punishment, knowing that the other person —
unlawfully
“unlawfully”, in relation to the commission of an act —(a)in Singapore, means an offence that is (apart from this Act) constituted under any written law in force in Singapore; and(b)outside Singapore, means the commission of the act that would (apart from this Act) have been an offence under any written law in force in Singapore had it been committed in Singapore.
has committed an act that constitutes —
an offence under subsection (1), or section 3, 5(1) or (2), 5A(1), 5B(1), 5C(1), 5D(1), 6(1) or (3) or 7(1) or (2); or
an abetment of, or an attempt or a conspiracy to commit, an offence mentioned in sub-paragraph (i); or
is wanted for any criminal prosecution, or is sentenced, in relation to any act mentioned in paragraph (a) that is committed by the other person,shall be guilty of an offence.
Subsections (1) and (2) apply whether any act mentioned in those subsections is committed in Singapore or elsewhere and whatever the nationality or citizenship of the person committing the act.