Moneylenders Act 2008 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Regulation of Business of Moneylending, Enforcement and Proceedings
49. Offences involving minors below 16
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Subject to subsection (2), any person of or above 21 years of age who causes or procures any person below 16 years of age to commit an offence under section 19 or 47 shall be guilty of an offence and —
if the offence under section 19 is thereby committed, shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years and shall also be liable to a fine of not less than $30,000 and not more than $300,000;
if the offence under section 47 is thereby committed, shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years and not more than 9 years and shall also be liable to a fine of not less than $6,000 and not more than $60,000; or
in any other case, shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $30,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
Subject to sections 325(1) and 330(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 —
a person who is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) for causing or procuring any person below 16 years of age to commit an offence under section 19 shall, if the offence under section 19 is thereby committed, also be liable to be punished with caning with not more than 12 strokes; and
a person who is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) for causing or procuring any person below 16 years of age to commit an offence under section 47 shall, if the offence under section 47 is thereby committed, also be liable to be punished with caning with not more than 12 strokes.[28B