Culpable Homicide Under Section 299 of the Penal Code (Cap. 224, 2008 Rev Ed), a person commits the offence of culpable homicide if he causes death by doing an act with the intention of causing death; with the intention of causing such bodily injury as is likely to...
What is road rage? Road rage can be described as 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,...
Theft (Sec 379 to 382 Penal Code) Under section 379 of the Penal Code (Cap. 224, 2008 Rev Ed), anyone who commits theft shall be punished with imprisonment of up to 3 years, or with fine, or with both. While there is no mandatory imprisonment term for offences of...
Offence of Cheating under sec 420 of the Penal Code (Cap. 224, 2008 Rev Ed) A person cheats when he deceives any person and dishonestly induces that person he deceived to deliver any property or cause damage or harm to any person in body, mind, reputation or property....
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 Law –...
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,...
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,...
Outrage of modesty (more commonly known as molestation) cases are fairly common in Singapore, and are widely reported in the media, especially on Stomp. In August 2018, it was reported in the Straits Times that the number of molestation cases was on the rise....
On 25 November 2017, The Straits Times reported “Couple caught tossing oBikes into drain turn themselves in to police”. The act gained publicity when a video of the act went viral and appeared in various websites, YouTube and Stomp. After turning themselves in, they...