In forceAmended2003 Revised EditionCurrent version · 2003 Revised EditionSee versions on Singapore Statutes Online(opens the publisher’s site)
Subsidiary Legislation · 2003 Revised Edition
Subsidiary Legislation · 2003 Revised Edition
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
These Regulations may be cited as the Oaths and Declarations (Prescribed Persons) Regulations.
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.
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.
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.