The Criminal Law Reform Bill of 2019 took effect from 1 January 2020. It enhanced penalties for sexual exploitation offences involving minors below the age of 16 and addressed new offences for sexual exploitation of minors between 16 and 18 years of age. The...
Illegal Sexual Communication With A Minor Sexual communication, or sexting, is the transmission of sexually explicit content from one party to another. This content can be in the form of images, videos or even sexually explicit text messages. While it is not illegal...
Criminal Law Reform Bill 2019 The Criminal Law Reform Bill of 2019 was passed on 6 May 2019 and has since taken effect on 1 January 2020. Section 509 of the Penal Code, which previously addressed the wide range of offences relating to the insult of modesty of a woman,...
A business is an activity carried out on a continual basis for the purpose of gain. In Singapore, failure to register a business constitutes an offence under section 5 of the Business Names Registration Act (which came into effect on 3 January 2016) and is punishable...
In 2014, a Malaysian teacher faced criminal trespass and immigration charges in Singapore when she slipped past immigration officers at Woodlands Checkpoint by tailgating a car. She faced potential jail terms of up to 6 months on her 2 immigration charges and 3 months...
Community-based sentencing The court can make community-based sentences as an alternative to a sentence of imprisonment, caning or fine. These community orders include: Mandatory Treatment Order – An order for the offender to attend regular treatment sessions at the...
The law Under section 5(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 185, 2008 Rev Ed) (MDA), it is an offence for a person to traffic in a controlled drug. A person commits this offence if he has drugs in his possession for the purpose of trafficking. The list of controlled...
MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT (Cap. 185, 2008 Rev Ed) (MDA) The law on possession and consumption Under section 8(a) of the MDA, it is an offence for a person to have in his possession a controlled drug. 8(b) of the same act states that it is an offence for a person to smoke,...
This article will deal with hurt caused unintentionally through rash or negligent acts. Lack of the intention to cause hurt in these offences differentiates them from the offences involving voluntary causing of hurt (Sections 321 – 334A of the Penal Code). Section 337...
What is road rage? Road rage is an incidence of violence perpetrated by road users, stemming from differences that arise in the course of the shared use of roads. Such differences may involve aggressive and ungracious acts of driving such as honking,...