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...
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...
Our client had assaulted a taxi driver and was charged under Penal Code (Chapter 224). If she pleaded guilty to the charge, she faced the possibility of a custodial sentence and consequently a criminal record based on the precedent cases. Also, she also faced...
Our client was charged by the police for an Outrage of Modesty offence under Section 354 of the Penal Code. He came to see us shortly after being charged. We got our heads down and swiftly drafted pre-mention representations to the police and Attorney General’s...
A Case Study - Pre–Mention Representations - Sec 380 Penal Code Our client was going to be charged in court under Section 380 of the Penal Code (Cap. 224) for theft. Her family consulted us before she was going to be charged in court. We quickly went to work before...
If you create nuisance in public you may be guilty of an offence. According to Sec 268 of the Penal Code: "A person is guilty of a public nuisance, who does any act, or is guilty of an illegal omission, which causes any common injury, danger or annoyance to the...
An arrest is carried out when the police have reasonable grounds to suspect that a person has committed a serious offence. The intention of an arrest is so as to take a person into custody for investigations, or to charge a person in Court. How does an arrest take...