Regulation 1
Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Oaths and Declarations (Prescribed Persons) Regulations.
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Oaths and Declarations (Prescribed Persons) Regulations is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation ODA-RG1 2000, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2000.
Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Oaths and Declarations (Prescribed Persons) Regulations.
Prescribed persons
Every Justice of the Peace appointed under section 11 of the State Courts Act (Cap. 321) shall be a prescribed person for the purposes of section 11 of the Act.
No prosecutions for certain acts
Notwithstanding these Regulations, no person shall be tried or punished under section 14 of the Act for an act done before 21st September 2001 which would not, but for these Regulations, be an offence under that section.
For the avoidance of doubt, a person who attempted, or abetted the doing of, an act referred to in paragraph (1) may, if the attempt or abetment is punishable by law at the time it was done, be tried or punished for the attempt or abetment.