Singapore legislation
Clause 58
Clause 58
New section 58A
In the principal Act, after section 58, insert —“When sentence of caning is prevented from being carried out58A.—
If a sentence of caning imposed on a person under section 6(3)(a), 9(6), 11A(6)(b) or 15(3)(b) for an offence, or section 57(1A) for an offence under section 57(1)(e), is wholly or partially prevented from being carried out under section 331 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, that person must be kept in custody until the court that imposed the sentence revises the sentence.(2) The court that imposed the sentence mentioned in subsection (1) may —
remit the sentence; or
impose, instead of as much of the sentence of caning as was not carried out —
where the sentence of caning was imposed under section 6(3)(a), 9(6), 11A(6)(b) or 15(3)(b) — a fine not exceeding $6,000; or
where the sentence of caning was imposed under section 57(1A) — a fine not exceeding $10,000.(3) The fine that the court may impose under subsection (2)(b) for an offence is in addition to any other punishment to which the person has been sentenced for the offence.”.