Clause 84
Consequential and related amendments to other Acts
(1)
The Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (Cap. 65A, 2000 Ed.) is amended —
by inserting, immediately after section 5, the following section:“Confiscation order unaffected by confiscation order under Organised Crime Act 20155A. Subject to sections 7(2), 8(2) and 28(4) and (4A) (whichever is applicable), a confiscation order under section 4 or 5 (as the case may be) may be made against a person in relation to any act despite the fact that a confiscation order under Part 9 of the Organised Crime Act 2015 has been made against that person in relation to the same act.”;
by inserting, immediately after the words “confiscation order” in section 7(2), the words “or a confiscation order under Part 9 of the Organised Crime Act 2015,”;
by inserting, immediately after the words “confiscation order” in section 8(2), the words “, a confiscation order under Part 9 of the Organised Crime Act 2015,”; and
by inserting, immediately after the words “confiscation order” in section 28(4)(c) and (4A)(c), the words “under this Act or Part 9 of the Organised Crime Act 2015”.
(2)
Section 281(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68, 2012 Ed.) is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (c), the following paragraph:“(ca)an offence punishable under the Organised Crime Act 2015;”.
(3)
The Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act (Cap. 190A, 2001 Ed.) is amended —
by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (a) of the definition of “Singapore confiscation order” in section 2(1);
by inserting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (b) of the definition of “Singapore confiscation order” in section 2(1), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(c)a confiscation order within the meaning of Part 9 of the Organised Crime Act 2015;”;
by deleting the words “criminal proceedings” in sections 8(3) and 12(ii) and substituting in each case the word “proceedings”; and
by deleting the words “criminal proceedings” in section 13(1)(b) and substituting the words “any proceedings”.